Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 2079

Friday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 413 minutes.

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Thursday 24 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:01 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:26
18:3719:0119:2519:4920:1320:3721:01

0 of 85 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 25 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:25
18:3518:5919:2319:4720:1120:3520:59

86 of 86 minutes covered

Caturdaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 05:53 on Fri 25 Aug to 03:18 on Sat 26 Aug.

    2079-08-24T21:52:32Z → 2079-08-25T19:18:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:01–20:26 on the 24th, 18:59–20:25 on the 25th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 85 minutes on the 24th and 86 of 86 on the 25th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24798 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2079: Friday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 2079 falls on Friday 25 August. Caturdaśī runs from 05:53 on Fri 25 Aug to 03:18 on Sat 26 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2079/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:53 → 12:1819:2987 min19:270 min24 Aug
Chicago16:53 → 14:1819:3784 min19:350 min24 Aug
Jersey City17:53 → 15:1819:4185 min19:390 min24 Aug
Port of Spain17:53 → 15:1818:2093 min18:190 min24 Aug
London22:53 → 20:1820:040 min20:0216 min25 Aug
Durban23:53 → 21:1817:370 min17:37101 min25 Aug
Dubai01:53 → 23:1818:460 min18:4590 min25 Aug
Delhi03:23 → 00:4818:520 min18:5089 min25 Aug
Kolkata03:23 → 00:4818:010 min18:0090 min25 Aug
Singapore05:53 → 03:1819:110 min19:1195 min25 Aug
Sydney07:53 → 05:1817:320 min17:32103 min25 Aug
Suva09:53 → 07:1817:580 min17:5899 min25 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aghora-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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