Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 2096

Thursday 16 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 325 minutes.

Decide it for

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 16 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:34
18:4719:1119:3519:5920:2320:4721:11

83 of 83 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 17 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:09 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:33
18:4519:0919:3319:5720:2120:4521:09

0 of 84 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 13:46 on Thu 16 Aug to 12:13 on Fri 17 Aug.

    2096-08-16T05:46:13Z → 2096-08-17T04:12:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:11–20:34 on the 16th, 19:09–20:33 on the 17th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 83 of 83 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 84 on the 17th.

    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 19478 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2096: Thursday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 2096 falls on Thursday 16 August. Caturdaśī runs from 13:46 on Thu 16 Aug to 12:13 on Fri 17 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 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 16thCoveredSunset 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:46 → 21:1319:3785 min19:360 min16 Aug
Chicago00:46 → 23:1319:4882 min19:460 min16 Aug
Jersey City01:46 → 00:1319:5183 min19:500 min16 Aug
Port of Spain01:46 → 00:1318:2492 min18:230 min16 Aug
London06:46 → 05:1320:1976 min20:170 min16 Aug
Durban07:46 → 06:1317:33103 min17:340 min16 Aug
Dubai09:46 → 08:1318:5288 min18:510 min16 Aug
Delhi11:16 → 09:4318:5987 min18:580 min16 Aug
Kolkata11:16 → 09:4318:0789 min18:060 min16 Aug
Singapore13:46 → 12:1319:1495 min19:130 min16 Aug
Sydney15:46 → 14:1317:27105 min17:280 min16 Aug
Suva17:46 → 16:1317:56100 min17:570 min16 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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