Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2096

Tuesday 7 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 409 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 7 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:35 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:22
16:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:47

167 of 167 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 8 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:34 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:21
16:1016:3416:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:5819:2219:46

0 of 167 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 09:46 on Tue 7 Aug to 08:03 on Wed 8 Aug.

    2096-08-07T01:45:44Z → 2096-08-08T00:02:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:35–19:22 on the 7th, 16:34–19:21 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 167 of 167 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 167 on the 8th.

    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 24549 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2096: Tuesday 7 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2096 falls on Tuesday 7 August. Caturthī runs from 09:46 on Tue 7 Aug to 08:03 on Wed 8 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 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/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 7thCoveredSāyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:46 → 17:0317:040 min17:030 min6 Aug
Chicago20:46 → 19:0317:11112 min17:100 min7 Aug
Jersey City21:46 → 20:0317:15168 min17:140 min7 Aug
Port of Spain21:46 → 20:0315:57150 min15:570 min7 Aug
London02:46 → 01:0317:36180 min17:350 min7 Aug
Durban03:46 → 02:0315:18130 min15:180 min7 Aug
Dubai05:46 → 04:0316:21158 min16:210 min7 Aug
Delhi07:16 → 05:3316:27160 min16:260 min7 Aug
Kolkata07:16 → 05:3315:37156 min15:370 min7 Aug
Singapore09:46 → 08:0316:50146 min16:490 min7 Aug
Sydney11:46 → 10:0315:13128 min15:130 min7 Aug
Suva13:46 → 12:0315:38137 min15:380 min7 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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