Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1951

Wednesday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 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 Tuesday 30 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:08
16:5717:2117:4518:0918:3318:5719:21

0 of 107 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 31 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:20 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:07
16:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:20

107 of 107 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 21:55 on Tue 30 Oct to 19:31 on Wed 31 Oct.

    1951-10-30T13:54:31Z → 1951-10-31T11:30:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:21–19:08 on the 30th, 17:20–19:07 on the 31st.

    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 107 minutes on the 30th and 107 of 107 on the 31st.

    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 1417 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1951: Wednesday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1951 falls on Wednesday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 21:55 on Tue 30 Oct to 19:31 on Wed 31 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1951/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 31 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 30thCoveredSunset 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:55 → 03:3117:02105 min17:010 min30 Oct
Chicago07:55 → 05:3116:48108 min16:470 min30 Oct
Jersey City08:55 → 06:3116:56108 min16:540 min30 Oct
Port of Spain09:55 → 07:3117:4398 min17:420 min30 Oct
London13:55 → 11:3116:38114 min16:370 min30 Oct
Durban15:55 → 13:3118:1586 min18:160 min30 Oct
Dubai17:55 → 15:3117:4088 min17:390 min30 Oct
Delhi19:25 → 17:0117:380 min17:370 min30 Oct
Kolkata19:25 → 17:0117:010 min17:001 min31 Oct
Singapore21:25 → 19:0118:200 min18:2041 min31 Oct
Sydney23:55 → 21:3118:200 min18:2185 min31 Oct
Suva01:55 → 23:3118:120 min18:1290 min31 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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