Evening of Friday 31 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:20 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:07
16:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:20
107 of 107 minutes covered
Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1902
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Friday 31 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
107 of 107 minutes covered
Evening of Saturday 1 November
Qualifies with 25 of 108 minutes. Not taken.
25 of 108 minutes covered, the first 25
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 16:14 on Fri 31 Oct to 17:44 on Sat 1 Nov.
1902-10-31T08:13:32Z → 1902-11-01T09:43:56Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:20–19:07 on the 31st, 17:19–19:07 on the 1st.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 107 of 107 minutes on the 31st and 25 of 108 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1494 s
Ruling
Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1902: Friday 31 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1902 falls on Friday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 16:14 on Fri 31 Oct to 17:44 on Sat 1 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 25 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 31 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 31 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 31 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunset 31st | Covered | Sunset 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:14 → 01:44 | 17:02 | 105 min | 17:01 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:14 → 03:44 | 16:47 | 109 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:14 → 04:44 | 16:55 | 108 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 04:14 → 05:44 | 17:42 | 98 min | 17:42 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| London | 08:14 → 09:44 | 16:37 | 114 min | 16:35 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Durban | 09:44 → 11:14 | 17:46 | 86 min | 17:47 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:55 → 13:25 | 17:20 | 102 min | 17:20 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:35 → 15:05 | 17:28 | 103 min | 17:28 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:35 → 15:05 | 16:51 | 101 min | 16:51 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:09 → 16:39 | 17:45 | 95 min | 17:45 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:14 → 19:44 | 18:21 | 85 min | 18:22 | 82 min | 31 Oct |
| Suva | 20:09 → 21:39 | 18:07 | 0 min | 18:07 | 90 min | 1 Nov |