Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2082

Wednesday 12 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 402 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 Tuesday 11 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:32 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:18
16:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:2019:44

0 of 166 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 12 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:31 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:17
16:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:43

165 of 165 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 02:00 on Wed 12 Aug to 04:03 on Thu 13 Aug.

    2082-08-11T17:59:37Z → 2082-08-12T20:02:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:32–19:18 on the 11th, 16:31–19:17 on the 12th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 166 minutes on the 11th and 165 of 165 on the 12th.

    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 24100 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2082: Wednesday 12 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2082 falls on Wednesday 12 August. Caturthī runs from 02:00 on Wed 12 Aug to 04:03 on Thu 13 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2082/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 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 11thCoveredSāyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:00 → 13:0317:01162 min17:010 min11 Aug
Chicago13:00 → 15:0317:08168 min17:070 min11 Aug
Jersey City14:00 → 16:0317:12167 min17:110 min11 Aug
Port of Spain14:00 → 16:0315:56150 min15:567 min11 Aug
London19:00 → 21:0317:3290 min17:31177 min11 Aug
Durban20:00 → 22:0315:180 min15:19132 min12 Aug
Dubai22:00 → 00:0316:200 min16:19157 min12 Aug
Delhi23:30 → 01:3316:250 min16:24159 min12 Aug
Kolkata23:30 → 01:3315:350 min15:35155 min12 Aug
Singapore02:00 → 04:0316:490 min16:49146 min12 Aug
Sydney04:00 → 06:0315:140 min15:15129 min12 Aug
Suva06:00 → 08:0315:380 min15:38137 min12 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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