Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2075

Thursday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 345 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 7 November

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:03 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:52
04:3905:0305:2705:5106:1506:3907:03

109 of 109 minutes covered

Dawn of Friday 8 November

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:03 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:53
04:3905:0305:2705:5106:1506:3907:03

0 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 23:18 on Wed 6 Nov to 21:42 on Thu 7 Nov.

    2075-11-06T15:17:51Z → 2075-11-07T13:42:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:03–06:52 on the 7th, 05:03–06:53 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 110 on the 8th.

    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 20690 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2075: Thursday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2075 falls on Thursday 7 November. Caturdaśī runs from 23:18 on Wed 6 Nov to 21:42 on Thu 7 Nov and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2075/naraka-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 7 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 6thCoveredAruṇodaya 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:18 → 05:4204:310 min04:3271 min7 Nov
Chicago09:18 → 07:4204:390 min04:40111 min7 Nov
Jersey City10:18 → 08:4204:430 min04:44110 min7 Nov
Port of Spain11:18 → 09:4204:210 min04:2198 min7 Nov
London15:18 → 13:4205:060 min05:08117 min7 Nov
Durban17:18 → 15:4203:330 min03:3385 min7 Nov
Dubai19:18 → 17:4204:460 min04:47103 min7 Nov
Delhi20:48 → 19:1204:520 min04:53105 min7 Nov
Kolkata20:48 → 19:1204:020 min04:02102 min7 Nov
Singapore23:18 → 21:4205:110 min05:1196 min7 Nov
Sydney02:18 → 00:4204:280 min04:2783 min7 Nov
Suva03:18 → 01:4203:560 min03:5689 min7 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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