Ruling · Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) · 2063

Monday 26 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 578 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Sunday 25 February

Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:07  00:55 niśītha ends
23:1923:4300:0700:3100:5501:1901:43

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 26 February

Taken. The only night Caturdaśī reaches.

niśītha begins 00:07  00:55 niśītha ends
23:1923:4300:0700:3100:5501:1901:43

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 10:33 on Mon 26 Feb to 13:11 on Tue 27 Feb.

    2063-02-26T02:32:51Z → 2063-02-27T05:10:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:07–00:55 on the 25th, 00:07–00:55 on the 26th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: disputed → only-day · margin 34680 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāśivarātri, Baoding, 2063: Monday 26 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) 2063 falls on Monday 26 February. Caturdaśī runs from 10:33 on Mon 26 Feb to 13:11 on Tue 27 Feb and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2063/maha-shivaratri · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 Feb
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/maha-shivaratri · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Niśītha
Priority
Disputed
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīNiśītha 26thCoveredNiśītha 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:33 → 21:1123:410 min23:410 min25 Feb
Chicago20:33 → 23:1123:390 min23:390 min25 Feb
Jersey City21:33 → 00:1123:4526 min23:450 min25 Feb
Port of Spain22:33 → 01:1123:5548 min23:550 min25 Feb
London02:33 → 05:1123:4948 min23:490 min26 Feb
Durban04:33 → 07:1123:4548 min23:450 min26 Feb
Dubai06:33 → 09:1100:0748 min00:070 min26 Feb
Delhi08:03 → 10:4100:1048 min00:100 min26 Feb
Kolkata08:03 → 10:4123:2548 min23:250 min26 Feb
Singapore10:33 → 13:1100:5348 min00:530 min26 Feb
Sydney13:33 → 16:1100:4448 min00:440 min26 Feb
Suva14:33 → 17:1123:5548 min23:550 min26 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
maha-shivaratri@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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