Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 1945

Monday 5 November

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

Decide it for

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The two forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Monday 5 November

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

06:49 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:17
Pratipadā begins 07:10:35
06:2507:1308:0108:4909:3710:25

187 of 208 minutes covered, the last 187

Forenoon of Tuesday 6 November

Qualifies with 176 of 208 minutes. Not taken.

06:50 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:18
Pratipadā ends 09:45:56
06:2607:1408:0208:5009:3810:26

176 of 208 minutes covered, the first 176

Pratipadā presentPūrvāhṇa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 07:11 on Mon 5 Nov to 09:46 on Tue 6 Nov.

    1945-11-04T23:10:36Z → 1945-11-06T01:45:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:49–10:17 on the 5th, 06:50–10:18 on the 6th.

    purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 187 of 208 minutes on the 5th and 176 of 208 on the 6th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1285 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dyūta Pratipad, Baoding, 1945: Monday 5 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dyūta Pratipad 1945 falls on Monday 5 November. Pratipadā runs from 07:11 on Mon 5 Nov to 09:46 on Tue 6 Nov and covers 187 of 208 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 176 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/1945/dyuta-pratipad · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 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/dyuta-pratipad · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa
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.

PlacePratipadāSunrise 4thCoveredSunrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:11 → 17:4606:160 min06:170 min5 Nov
Chicago17:11 → 19:4606:270 min06:290 min5 Nov
Jersey City18:11 → 20:4606:300 min06:330 min5 Nov
Port of Spain19:11 → 21:4605:580 min05:590 min5 Nov
London23:11 → 01:4606:590 min07:030 min5 Nov
Durban01:11 → 03:4605:000 min04:580 min5 Nov
Dubai03:11 → 05:4606:280 min06:290 min5 Nov
Delhi04:41 → 07:1606:350 min06:3739 min5 Nov
Kolkata04:41 → 07:1605:430 min05:4492 min5 Nov
Singapore06:41 → 09:1606:160 min06:16179 min5 Nov
Sydney09:11 → 11:4604:530 min04:51272 min6 Nov
Suva11:11 → 13:4605:260 min05:25256 min6 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
dyuta-pratipad@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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