Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1949

Saturday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 385 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 Friday 21 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:32 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:16
17:0817:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:32

0 of 104 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 22 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:31 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:15
17:0717:3117:5518:1918:4319:0719:31

105 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 05:23 on Sat 22 Oct to 01:41 on Sun 23 Oct.

    1949-10-21T21:22:47Z → 1949-10-22T17:40:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:32–19:16 on the 21st, 17:31–19:15 on the 22nd.

    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 104 minutes on the 21st and 105 of 105 on the 22nd.

    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 23125 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1949: Saturday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1949 falls on Saturday 22 October. Pratipadā runs from 05:23 on Sat 22 Oct to 01:41 on Sun 23 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 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 21stCoveredSunset 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:23 → 09:4117:12103 min17:100 min21 Oct
Chicago15:23 → 11:4117:00105 min16:590 min21 Oct
Jersey City16:23 → 12:4117:07105 min17:060 min21 Oct
Port of Spain17:23 → 13:4117:4697 min17:450 min21 Oct
London22:23 → 18:4117:550 min17:5348 min22 Oct
Durban23:23 → 19:4118:090 min18:1088 min22 Oct
Dubai01:23 → 21:4117:470 min17:46101 min22 Oct
Delhi02:53 → 23:1117:460 min17:45102 min22 Oct
Kolkata02:53 → 23:1117:070 min17:06100 min22 Oct
Singapore04:53 → 01:1118:220 min18:2195 min22 Oct
Sydney07:23 → 03:4118:130 min18:1487 min22 Oct
Suva09:23 → 05:4118:080 min18:0991 min22 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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