Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2061

Friday 11 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 63 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two dawns

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.

Dawn of Thursday 10 November

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:05 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:56
04:4105:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:29

0 of 110 minutes covered

Dawn of Friday 11 November

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:06 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:57
04:4205:0605:3005:5406:1806:4207:0607:30

110 of 110 minutes covered

Caturdaśī presentAruṇodaya, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 07:58 on Thu 10 Nov to 09:40 on Fri 11 Nov.

    2061-11-09T23:58:20Z → 2061-11-11T01:40:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:05–06:56 on the 10th, 05:06–06:57 on the 11th.

    arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 110 minutes on the 10th and 110 of 110 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 3762 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2061: Friday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2061 falls on Friday 11 November. Caturdaśī runs from 07:58 on Thu 10 Nov to 09:40 on Fri 11 Nov and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/naraka-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 14 Naraka caturdasi (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīAruṇodaya 9thCoveredAruṇodaya 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:58 → 17:4004:330 min04:350 min10 Nov
Chicago17:58 → 19:4004:420 min04:440 min10 Nov
Jersey City18:58 → 20:4004:460 min04:480 min10 Nov
Port of Spain19:58 → 21:4004:210 min04:220 min10 Nov
London23:58 → 01:4005:110 min05:130 min10 Nov
Durban01:58 → 03:4003:310 min03:3010 min10 Nov
Dubai03:58 → 05:4004:480 min04:4951 min10 Nov
Delhi05:28 → 07:1004:540 min04:56106 min10 Nov
Kolkata05:28 → 07:1004:030 min04:04103 min10 Nov
Singapore07:58 → 09:4005:110 min05:1196 min11 Nov
Sydney10:58 → 12:4004:260 min04:2582 min11 Nov
Suva11:58 → 13:4003:550 min03:5489 min11 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
naraka-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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