Dawn of Wednesday 21 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
04:50 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:34
04:2604:5005:1405:3806:0206:2606:50
0 of 104 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2071
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 455 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 21 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 104 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 22 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
104 of 104 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 15:49 on Wed 21 Oct to 14:09 on Thu 22 Oct.
2071-10-21T07:48:58Z → 2071-10-22T06:09:14Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:50–06:34 on the 21st, 04:50–06:35 on the 22nd.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 104 minutes on the 21st and 104 of 104 on the 22nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 27272 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2071: Thursday 22 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2071 falls on Thursday 22 October. Caturdaśī runs from 15:49 on Wed 21 Oct to 14:09 on Thu 22 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 22 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 21st | Covered | Aruṇodaya 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:49 → 23:09 | 05:21 | 103 min | 05:21 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:49 → 01:09 | 05:25 | 105 min | 05:26 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:49 → 02:09 | 05:30 | 105 min | 05:31 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:49 → 02:09 | 04:19 | 97 min | 04:19 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| London | 08:49 → 07:09 | 05:46 | 0 min | 05:47 | 82 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 09:49 → 08:09 | 03:44 | 0 min | 03:43 | 88 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:49 → 10:09 | 04:40 | 0 min | 04:40 | 101 min | 22 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:19 → 11:39 | 04:45 | 0 min | 04:45 | 101 min | 22 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:19 → 11:39 | 03:56 | 0 min | 03:56 | 100 min | 22 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:49 → 14:09 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:12 | 95 min | 22 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:49 → 17:09 | 04:40 | 0 min | 04:39 | 87 min | 22 Oct |
| Suva | 19:49 → 18:09 | 04:02 | 0 min | 04:02 | 91 min | 22 Oct |