Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1927

Wednesday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 264 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 25 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

0 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 26 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:26 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:12
17:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:26

106 of 106 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 23:37 on Tue 25 Oct to 02:10 on Thu 27 Oct.

    1927-10-25T15:37:19Z → 1927-10-26T18:10:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:28–19:13 on the 25th, 17:26–19:12 on the 26th.

    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 105 minutes on the 25th and 106 of 106 on the 26th.

    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 15856 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1927: Wednesday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1927 falls on Wednesday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 23:37 on Tue 25 Oct to 02:10 on Thu 27 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1927/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 Oct
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 25thCoveredSunset 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:37 → 10:1017:08104 min17:070 min25 Oct
Chicago09:37 → 12:1016:55107 min16:540 min25 Oct
Jersey City10:37 → 13:1017:03106 min17:010 min25 Oct
Port of Spain11:37 → 14:1017:4498 min17:440 min25 Oct
London15:37 → 18:1016:48111 min16:4684 min25 Oct
Durban17:37 → 20:1018:1288 min18:1287 min25 Oct
Dubai19:37 → 22:1017:440 min17:43101 min26 Oct
Delhi21:07 → 23:4017:430 min17:42102 min26 Oct
Kolkata21:07 → 23:4017:040 min17:04101 min26 Oct
Singapore22:37 → 01:1017:510 min17:5195 min26 Oct
Sydney01:37 → 04:1018:160 min18:1686 min26 Oct
Suva03:37 → 06:1018:100 min18:1091 min26 Oct
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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