Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2078

Friday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 437 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 26 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:18 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:58
15:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

159 of 159 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 27 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:17 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:56
15:5316:1716:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

0 of 159 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 09:02 on Fri 26 Aug to 06:26 on Sat 27 Aug.

    2078-08-26T01:01:56Z → 2078-08-26T22:25:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:18–18:58 on the 26th, 16:17–18:56 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 159 of 159 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 159 on the 27th.

    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 26192 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2078: Friday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2078 falls on Friday 26 August. Caturthī runs from 09:02 on Fri 26 Aug to 06:26 on Sat 27 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 Aug
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/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 26thCoveredSāyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:02 → 15:2616:490 min16:480 min25 Aug
Chicago20:02 → 17:2616:5333 min16:520 min26 Aug
Jersey City21:02 → 18:2616:5888 min16:560 min26 Aug
Port of Spain21:02 → 18:2615:50148 min15:500 min26 Aug
London02:02 → 23:2617:12167 min17:110 min26 Aug
Durban03:02 → 00:2615:22136 min15:220 min26 Aug
Dubai05:02 → 02:2616:10153 min16:100 min26 Aug
Delhi06:32 → 03:5616:15154 min16:140 min26 Aug
Kolkata06:32 → 03:5615:27152 min15:260 min26 Aug
Singapore09:02 → 06:2616:45146 min16:450 min26 Aug
Sydney11:02 → 08:2615:19134 min15:190 min26 Aug
Suva13:02 → 10:2615:38140 min15:380 min26 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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