Forenoon of Friday 25 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:37 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:14
Pratipadā begins 07:31:48
06:1307:0107:4908:3709:2510:13
162 of 217 minutes covered, the last 162
Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 1946
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Forenoon of Friday 25 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
162 of 217 minutes covered, the last 162
Forenoon of Saturday 26 October
Qualifies with 151 of 216 minutes. Not taken.
151 of 216 minutes covered, the first 151
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 07:32 on Fri 25 Oct to 09:09 on Sat 26 Oct.
1946-10-24T23:31:48Z → 1946-10-26T01:09:24Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:37–10:14 on the 25th, 06:38–10:14 on the 26th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 162 of 217 minutes on the 25th and 151 of 216 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 3287 s
Ruling
Dyūta Pratipad, Baoding, 1946: Friday 25 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Dyūta Pratipad 1946 falls on Friday 25 October. Pratipadā runs from 07:32 on Fri 25 Oct to 09:09 on Sat 26 Oct and covers 162 of 217 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 151 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 25 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 25 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 25 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/dyuta-pratipad · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunrise 24th | Covered | Sunrise 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:32 → 17:09 | 06:05 | 0 min | 06:07 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Chicago | 17:32 → 19:09 | 06:13 | 0 min | 06:15 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Jersey City | 18:32 → 20:09 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:19 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:32 → 21:09 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:56 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| London | 23:32 → 01:09 | 06:39 | 0 min | 06:43 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Durban | 01:32 → 03:09 | 05:10 | 0 min | 05:08 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:32 → 05:09 | 06:21 | 0 min | 06:23 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Delhi | 05:02 → 06:39 | 06:27 | 0 min | 06:29 | 11 min | 25 Oct |
| Kolkata | 05:02 → 06:39 | 05:37 | 0 min | 05:38 | 62 min | 25 Oct |
| Singapore | 07:02 → 08:39 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:17 | 143 min | 25 Oct |
| Sydney | 09:32 → 11:09 | 05:05 | 0 min | 05:02 | 265 min | 26 Oct |
| Suva | 11:32 → 13:09 | 05:32 | 0 min | 05:31 | 253 min | 26 Oct |