Forenoon of Friday 24 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:36 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:13
06:1207:0007:4808:3609:2410:12
218 of 218 minutes covered
Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 1919
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Forenoon of Friday 24 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
218 of 218 minutes covered
Forenoon of Saturday 25 October
Qualifies with 21 of 217 minutes. Not taken.
21 of 217 minutes covered, the first 21
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 04:39 on Fri 24 Oct to 06:57 on Sat 25 Oct.
1919-10-23T20:39:02Z → 1919-10-24T22:57:06Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:36–10:13 on the 24th, 06:37–10:14 on the 25th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 218 of 218 minutes on the 24th and 21 of 217 on the 25th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1232 s
Ruling
Dyūta Pratipad, Baoding, 1919: Friday 24 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Dyūta Pratipad 1919 falls on Friday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 04:39 on Fri 24 Oct to 06:57 on Sat 25 Oct and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 21 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 24 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 24 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 24 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/dyuta-pratipad · 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 | Sunrise 23rd | Covered | Sunrise 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:39 → 15:57 | 07:04 | 0 min | 07:05 | 221 min | 24 Oct |
| Chicago | 15:39 → 17:57 | 07:11 | 0 min | 07:13 | 215 min | 24 Oct |
| Jersey City | 16:39 → 18:57 | 07:16 | 0 min | 07:17 | 216 min | 24 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:39 → 18:57 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:56 | 236 min | 24 Oct |
| London | 20:39 → 22:57 | 06:37 | 0 min | 06:38 | 204 min | 24 Oct |
| Durban | 22:39 → 00:57 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:10 | 260 min | 24 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:20 → 02:38 | 06:02 | 0 min | 06:02 | 228 min | 24 Oct |
| Delhi | 02:09 → 04:27 | 06:26 | 0 min | 06:27 | 226 min | 24 Oct |
| Kolkata | 02:09 → 04:27 | 05:36 | 0 min | 05:37 | 229 min | 24 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:39 → 05:57 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:47 | 241 min | 24 Oct |
| Sydney | 06:39 → 08:57 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:05 | 169 min | 25 Oct |
| Suva | 08:39 → 10:57 | 05:33 | 0 min | 05:33 | 66 min | 25 Oct |