Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1938

Sunday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 48 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 Sunday 23 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:30 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:15
17:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

105 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 24 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:29 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:14
17:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

0 of 105 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 16:42 on Sun 23 Oct to 16:31 on Mon 24 Oct.

    1938-10-23T08:42:10Z → 1938-10-24T08:31:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:30–19:15 on the 23rd, 17:29–19:14 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 105 on the 24th.

    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 2864 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1938: Sunday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1938 falls on Sunday 23 October. Pratipadā runs from 16:42 on Sun 23 Oct to 16:31 on Mon 24 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 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 23rdCoveredSunset 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:42 → 00:3117:10103 min17:090 min23 Oct
Chicago02:42 → 02:3116:58106 min16:560 min23 Oct
Jersey City03:42 → 03:3117:05106 min17:040 min23 Oct
Port of Spain04:42 → 04:3117:4597 min17:450 min23 Oct
London08:42 → 08:3116:52110 min16:500 min23 Oct
Durban10:42 → 10:3118:1088 min18:110 min23 Oct
Dubai12:42 → 12:3117:45101 min17:440 min23 Oct
Delhi14:12 → 14:0117:44102 min17:430 min23 Oct
Kolkata14:12 → 14:0117:05100 min17:050 min23 Oct
Singapore16:02 → 15:5118:1195 min18:110 min23 Oct
Sydney18:42 → 18:3118:1459 min18:1516 min23 Oct
Suva20:42 → 20:3118:090 min18:0991 min24 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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