Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2065

Wednesday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 224 minutes.

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

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Wednesday 19 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:25 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:07
16:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:37

162 of 162 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 20 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:24 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:06
16:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:36

0 of 162 minutes covered

Caturthī presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 11:34 on Wed 19 Aug to 12:40 on Thu 20 Aug.

    2065-08-19T03:34:26Z → 2065-08-20T04:39:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:25–19:07 on the 19th, 16:24–19:06 on the 20th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 162 of 162 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 162 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 13456 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2065: Wednesday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2065 falls on Wednesday 19 August. Caturthī runs from 11:34 on Wed 19 Aug to 12:40 on Thu 20 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2065/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 Aug
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The rule, as data

/rules/bahula-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSāyāhna 19thCoveredSāyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:34 → 21:4016:55159 min16:540 min19 Aug
Chicago22:34 → 23:4017:00164 min16:590 min19 Aug
Jersey City23:34 → 00:4017:04163 min17:030 min19 Aug
Port of Spain23:34 → 00:4015:53149 min15:530 min19 Aug
London04:34 → 05:4017:22172 min17:200 min19 Aug
Durban05:34 → 06:4015:20134 min15:210 min19 Aug
Dubai07:34 → 08:4016:15155 min16:140 min19 Aug
Delhi09:04 → 10:1016:20157 min16:190 min19 Aug
Kolkata09:04 → 10:1015:31154 min15:300 min19 Aug
Singapore11:34 → 12:4016:47146 min16:470 min19 Aug
Sydney13:34 → 14:4015:17132 min15:170 min19 Aug
Suva15:34 → 16:4015:38139 min15:3862 min19 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bahula-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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