Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2077

Saturday 7 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 526 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 Saturday 7 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:35 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:22
16:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:47

167 of 167 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 8 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:34 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:21
16:1016:3416:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:5819:2219:46

0 of 167 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 07:49 on Sat 7 Aug to 04:35 on Sun 8 Aug.

    2077-08-06T23:48:46Z → 2077-08-07T20:35:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:35–19:22 on the 7th, 16:34–19:21 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 167 of 167 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 167 on the 8th.

    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 31575 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2077: Saturday 7 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2077 falls on Saturday 7 August. Caturthī runs from 07:49 on Sat 7 Aug to 04:35 on Sun 8 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2077/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 6thCoveredSāyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:49 → 13:3517:05164 min17:040 min6 Aug
Chicago18:49 → 15:3517:1273 min17:110 min6 Aug
Jersey City19:49 → 16:3517:1616 min17:150 min6 Aug
Port of Spain19:49 → 16:3515:580 min15:5738 min7 Aug
London00:49 → 21:3517:380 min17:37180 min7 Aug
Durban01:49 → 22:3515:170 min15:17130 min7 Aug
Dubai03:49 → 00:3516:220 min16:21158 min7 Aug
Delhi05:19 → 02:0516:280 min16:27160 min7 Aug
Kolkata05:19 → 02:0515:380 min15:37157 min7 Aug
Singapore07:49 → 04:3516:500 min16:49146 min7 Aug
Sydney09:49 → 06:3515:120 min15:13128 min7 Aug
Suva11:49 → 08:3515:370 min15:37137 min7 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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