Night of Wednesday 2 March
Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:28 00:16 niśītha ends
Caturdaśī begins 00:16:29
22:4023:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:04
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) · 2011
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 46 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 2 March
Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 3 March
Taken. The only night Caturdaśī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 00:16 on Thu 3 Mar to 02:26 on Fri 4 Mar.
2011-03-02T16:16:29Z → 2011-03-03T18:25:45Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:28–00:16 on the 2nd, 23:28–00:16 on the 3rd.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: disputed → only-day · margin 46 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāśivarātri, Daqing, 2011: Thursday 3 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) 2011 falls on Thursday 3 March. Caturdaśī runs from 00:16 on Thu 3 Mar to 02:26 on Fri 4 Mar and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 0 min 46 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/maha-shivaratri · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Niśītha 2nd | Covered | Niśītha 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:16 → 10:26 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:16 → 12:26 | 23:38 | 48 min | 23:38 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:16 → 13:26 | 23:44 | 48 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:16 → 14:26 | 23:54 | 48 min | 23:54 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| London | 16:16 → 18:26 | 23:48 | 48 min | 23:48 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Durban | 18:16 → 20:26 | 23:44 | 48 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:16 → 22:26 | 00:07 | 48 min | 00:06 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Delhi | 21:46 → 23:56 | 00:09 | 48 min | 00:09 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Kolkata | 21:46 → 23:56 | 23:25 | 48 min | 23:24 | 31 min | 2 Mar |
| Singapore | 00:16 → 02:26 | 00:53 | 48 min | 00:53 | 48 min | 2 Mar |
| Sydney | 03:16 → 05:26 | 00:44 | 0 min | 00:43 | 48 min | 3 Mar |
| Suva | 05:16 → 07:26 | 00:55 | 0 min | 00:54 | 48 min | 3 Mar |