Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1937

Wednesday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 165 minutes.

Decide it for

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 3 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

108 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 4 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

0 of 109 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 12:16 on Wed 3 Nov to 14:30 on Thu 4 Nov.

    1937-11-03T04:15:45Z → 1937-11-04T06:29:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–19:04 on the 3rd, 17:15–19:04 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 109 on the 4th.

    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 9929 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1937: Wednesday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1937 falls on Wednesday 3 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:16 on Wed 3 Nov to 14:30 on Thu 4 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1937/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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 3rdCoveredSunset 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:16 → 22:3016:58106 min16:570 min3 Nov
Chicago22:16 → 00:3016:43110 min16:410 min3 Nov
Jersey City23:16 → 01:3016:50109 min16:490 min3 Nov
Port of Spain00:16 → 02:3017:4198 min17:410 min3 Nov
London04:16 → 06:3016:30116 min16:290 min3 Nov
Durban06:16 → 08:3018:1985 min18:200 min3 Nov
Dubai08:16 → 10:3017:37103 min17:360 min3 Nov
Delhi09:46 → 12:0017:35104 min17:340 min3 Nov
Kolkata09:46 → 12:0016:58102 min16:580 min3 Nov
Singapore11:36 → 13:5018:1096 min18:100 min3 Nov
Sydney14:16 → 16:3018:2484 min18:250 min3 Nov
Suva16:16 → 18:3018:1390 min18:1416 min3 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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