Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2095

Thursday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 55 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 Thursday 18 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:26 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:09
16:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:38

163 of 163 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 19 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:25 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:08
16:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:37

0 of 162 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 15:32 on Thu 18 Aug to 12:21 on Fri 19 Aug.

    2095-08-18T07:31:35Z → 2095-08-19T04:20:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:26–19:09 on the 18th, 16:25–19:08 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 163 of 163 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 162 on the 19th.

    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 3286 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2095: Thursday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2095 falls on Thursday 18 August. Caturthī runs from 15:32 on Thu 18 Aug to 12:21 on Fri 19 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 18 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 18thCoveredSāyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:32 → 21:2116:56160 min16:560 min18 Aug
Chicago02:32 → 23:2117:01165 min17:000 min18 Aug
Jersey City03:32 → 00:2117:06164 min17:050 min18 Aug
Port of Spain03:32 → 00:2115:54149 min15:540 min18 Aug
London08:32 → 05:2117:24173 min17:220 min18 Aug
Durban09:32 → 06:2115:20133 min15:210 min18 Aug
Dubai11:32 → 08:2116:16155 min16:150 min18 Aug
Delhi13:02 → 09:5116:21157 min16:200 min18 Aug
Kolkata13:02 → 09:5115:32154 min15:310 min18 Aug
Singapore15:32 → 12:2116:48146 min16:470 min18 Aug
Sydney17:32 → 14:2115:170 min15:170 min18 Aug
Suva19:32 → 16:2115:380 min15:3842 min19 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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