Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1917

Thursday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 451 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

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

Evening of Wednesday 14 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:06 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:57
16:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

0 of 111 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 15 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:56
16:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

112 of 112 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 02:28 on Thu 15 Nov to 02:29 on Fri 16 Nov.

    1917-11-14T18:28:07Z → 1917-11-15T18:29:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:06–18:57 on the 14th, 17:05–18:56 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 14th and 112 of 112 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 27068 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1917: Thursday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1917 falls on Thursday 15 November. Pratipadā runs from 02:28 on Thu 15 Nov to 02:29 on Fri 16 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1917/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 Nov
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/bali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāSunset 14thCoveredSunset 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:28 → 10:2916:50109 min16:490 min14 Nov
Chicago12:28 → 12:2916:31113 min16:300 min14 Nov
Jersey City13:28 → 13:2916:39112 min16:380 min14 Nov
Port of Spain14:28 → 14:2917:4099 min17:400 min14 Nov
London18:28 → 18:2916:130 min16:12121 min15 Nov
Durban20:28 → 20:2918:280 min18:2983 min15 Nov
Dubai22:09 → 22:1017:130 min17:12105 min15 Nov
Delhi23:58 → 23:5917:280 min17:28106 min15 Nov
Kolkata23:58 → 23:5916:530 min16:53104 min15 Nov
Singapore01:28 → 01:2917:510 min17:5196 min15 Nov
Sydney04:28 → 04:2918:340 min18:3581 min15 Nov
Suva06:28 → 06:2918:190 min18:1988 min15 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bali-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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