Ruling · Dattātreyotpatti (Datta Jayanti) · 1922

Monday 4 December

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

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

Evening of Sunday 3 December

Qualifies with 10 of 115 minutes. Not taken.

16:56 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:51
Pūrṇimā begins 18:41:22
16:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:20

10 of 115 minutes covered, the last 10

Evening of Monday 4 December

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

16:56 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:51
16:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:20

115 of 115 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 18:41 on Sun 3 Dec to 19:23 on Mon 4 Dec.

    1922-12-03T10:41:23Z → 1922-12-04T11:23:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:56–18:51 on the 3rd, 16:56–18:51 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 10 of 115 minutes on the 3rd and 115 of 115 on the 4th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 601 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dattātreyotpatti, Baoding, 1922: Monday 4 December.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dattātreyotpatti (Datta Jayanti) 1922 falls on Monday 4 December. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:41 on Sun 3 Dec to 19:23 on Mon 4 Dec and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 10 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1922/dattatreyotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 4 Dec
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/dattatreyotpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“S 15 Dattatreyotpatti (pradosa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSunset 3rdCoveredSunset 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:41 → 03:2316:43112 min16:430 min3 Dec
Chicago04:41 → 05:2316:20118 min16:200 min3 Dec
Jersey City05:41 → 06:2316:29117 min16:290 min3 Dec
Port of Spain06:41 → 07:2317:42100 min17:420 min3 Dec
London10:41 → 11:2315:54127 min15:530 min3 Dec
Durban12:41 → 13:2318:4381 min18:440 min3 Dec
Dubai14:41 → 15:2317:29107 min17:290 min3 Dec
Delhi16:11 → 16:5317:24109 min17:240 min3 Dec
Kolkata16:11 → 16:5316:51105 min16:512 min3 Dec
Singapore17:41 → 18:2317:5696 min17:5627 min3 Dec
Sydney20:41 → 21:2318:520 min18:5378 min4 Dec
Suva22:41 → 23:2318:300 min18:3187 min4 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
dattatreyotpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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