Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2094

Sunday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 53 s.

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 Saturday 28 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:16 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:55
15:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

0 of 158 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 29 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:15 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:53
Caturthī ends 18:46:07
15:5116:1516:3917:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

151 of 158 minutes covered, the first 151

Caturthī presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 21:43 on Sat 28 Aug to 18:46 on Sun 29 Aug.

    2094-08-28T13:43:13Z → 2094-08-29T10:46:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:16–18:55 on the 28th, 16:15–18:53 on the 29th.

    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 158 minutes on the 28th and 151 of 158 on the 29th.

    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 413 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2094: Sunday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2094 falls on Sunday 29 August. Caturthī runs from 21:43 on Sat 28 Aug to 18:46 on Sun 29 Aug and covers 151 of 158 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2094/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 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 28thCoveredSāyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:43 → 03:4616:48156 min16:470 min28 Aug
Chicago08:43 → 05:4616:50159 min16:490 min28 Aug
Jersey City09:43 → 06:4616:55159 min16:540 min28 Aug
Port of Spain09:43 → 06:4615:50148 min15:490 min28 Aug
London14:43 → 11:4617:09165 min17:080 min28 Aug
Durban15:43 → 12:4615:23116 min15:230 min28 Aug
Dubai17:43 → 14:4616:0958 min16:080 min28 Aug
Delhi19:13 → 16:1616:130 min16:124 min29 Aug
Kolkata19:13 → 16:1615:260 min15:2551 min29 Aug
Singapore21:43 → 18:4616:450 min16:44122 min29 Aug
Sydney23:43 → 20:4615:200 min15:20136 min29 Aug
Suva01:43 → 22:4615:380 min15:38140 min29 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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