Dawn of Tuesday 13 November
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
05:09 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:00
04:4505:0905:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:33
111 of 111 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2096
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 53 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Tuesday 13 November
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
111 of 111 minutes covered
Dawn of Wednesday 14 November
Qualifies with 53 of 111 minutes. Not taken.
53 of 111 minutes covered, the first 53
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 03:41 on Tue 13 Nov to 06:03 on Wed 14 Nov.
2096-11-12T19:40:52Z → 2096-11-13T22:02:34Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:09–07:00 on the 13th, 05:09–07:01 on the 14th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 111 of 111 minutes on the 13th and 53 of 111 on the 14th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 3189 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2096: Tuesday 13 November.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2096 falls on Tuesday 13 November. Caturdaśī runs from 03:41 on Tue 13 Nov to 06:03 on Wed 14 Nov and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 53 minutes; by the rule the first dawn is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 13 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 13 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 13 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Naraka caturdasi (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 12th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:41 → 14:03 | 04:36 | 0 min | 04:37 | 109 min | 13 Nov |
| Chicago | 13:41 → 16:03 | 04:46 | 0 min | 04:47 | 113 min | 13 Nov |
| Jersey City | 14:41 → 17:03 | 04:49 | 0 min | 04:50 | 112 min | 13 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 15:41 → 18:03 | 04:22 | 0 min | 04:23 | 99 min | 13 Nov |
| London | 19:41 → 22:03 | 05:16 | 0 min | 05:17 | 120 min | 13 Nov |
| Durban | 21:41 → 00:03 | 03:30 | 0 min | 03:30 | 83 min | 13 Nov |
| Dubai | 23:41 → 02:03 | 04:50 | 0 min | 04:51 | 104 min | 13 Nov |
| Delhi | 01:11 → 03:33 | 04:57 | 0 min | 04:57 | 106 min | 13 Nov |
| Kolkata | 01:11 → 03:33 | 04:05 | 0 min | 04:06 | 103 min | 13 Nov |
| Singapore | 03:41 → 06:03 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:12 | 96 min | 13 Nov |
| Sydney | 06:41 → 09:03 | 04:24 | 0 min | 04:24 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Suva | 07:41 → 10:03 | 03:54 | 0 min | 03:54 | 0 min | 14 Nov |