Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2072

Wednesday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 484 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 Tuesday 8 November

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:04 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:54
04:4005:0405:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:28

0 of 110 minutes covered

Dawn of Wednesday 9 November

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:05 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:55
04:4105:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:29

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 17:47 on Tue 8 Nov to 14:58 on Wed 9 Nov.

    2072-11-08T09:47:06Z → 2072-11-09T06:58:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:04–06:54 on the 8th, 05:05–06:55 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 110 of 110 on the 9th.

    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 29014 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2072: Wednesday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2072 falls on Wednesday 9 November. Caturdaśī runs from 17:47 on Tue 8 Nov to 14:58 on Wed 9 Nov and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2072/naraka-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredAruṇodaya 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:47 → 22:5804:33108 min04:340 min8 Nov
Chicago03:47 → 00:5804:42112 min04:420 min8 Nov
Jersey City04:47 → 01:5804:45109 min04:460 min8 Nov
Port of Spain05:47 → 02:5804:2113 min04:210 min8 Nov
London09:47 → 06:5805:100 min05:11107 min9 Nov
Durban11:47 → 08:5803:320 min03:3184 min9 Nov
Dubai13:47 → 10:5804:480 min04:48104 min9 Nov
Delhi15:17 → 12:2804:540 min04:55105 min9 Nov
Kolkata15:17 → 12:2804:030 min04:03103 min9 Nov
Singapore17:47 → 14:5805:110 min05:1196 min9 Nov
Sydney20:47 → 17:5804:260 min04:2582 min9 Nov
Suva21:47 → 18:5803:550 min03:5589 min9 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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