Ruling · Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī (Narasimha Jayanti) · 2026

Thursday 30 April

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 29 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Wednesday 29 April

Qualifies with 29 of 88 minutes. Not taken.

18:53 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:22
Caturdaśī begins 19:52:07
18:2918:5319:1719:4120:0520:2920:53

29 of 88 minutes covered, the last 29

Evening of Thursday 30 April

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule takes the second.

18:54 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:22
18:3018:5419:1819:4220:0620:3020:54

88 of 88 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 19:52 on Wed 29 Apr to 21:13 on Thu 30 Apr.

    2026-04-29T14:22:08Z → 2026-04-30T15:43:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:53–20:22 on the 29th, 18:54–20:22 on the 30th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 29 of 88 minutes on the 29th and 88 of 88 on the 30th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both evenings qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1763 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī, Ujjain, 2026: Thursday 30 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī (Narasimha Jayanti) 2026 falls on Thursday 30 April. Caturdaśī runs from 19:52 on Wed 29 Apr to 21:13 on Thu 30 Apr and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 29 minutes; by the rule the second evening is taken.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/nrisimha-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/nrisimha-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 14 Nrsimha caturdasi (pradosa vyapini — if it occurs on two successive days, the second day is to be observed, special when combined with naksatra 'Svati', yoga 'Siddhi' and 'Saturday').” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102. The row calls the day special with Svātī nakṣatra, Siddhi yoga and a Saturday; none is tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 29thCoveredSunset 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:22 → 08:4319:3584 min19:360 min29 Apr
Chicago09:22 → 10:4319:4780 min19:480 min29 Apr
Jersey City10:22 → 11:4319:5081 min19:510 min29 Apr
Port of Spain10:22 → 11:4318:1892 min18:180 min29 Apr
London15:22 → 16:4320:2074 min20:220 min29 Apr
Durban16:22 → 17:4317:23104 min17:2221 min30 Apr
Dubai18:22 → 19:4318:4888 min18:4855 min30 Apr
Delhi19:52 → 21:1318:5529 min18:5586 min30 Apr
Kolkata19:52 → 21:1318:020 min18:0388 min30 Apr
Singapore22:22 → 23:4319:070 min19:0695 min30 Apr
Sydney00:22 → 01:4317:170 min17:15106 min30 Apr
Suva02:22 → 03:4317:480 min17:47100 min30 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
nrisimha-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s