Ruling · Yama Dīpadāna · 1953

Wednesday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 25 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 3 November

Trayodaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

0 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 4 November

Taken. The only evening Trayodaśī reaches.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

109 of 109 minutes covered

Trayodaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Trayodaśī runs from 19:29 on Tue 3 Nov to 21:55 on Wed 4 Nov.

    1953-11-03T11:28:58Z → 1953-11-04T13:54:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–19:04 on the 3rd, 17:15–19:04 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 108 minutes on the 3rd and 109 of 109 on the 4th.

    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 1480 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 1953: Wednesday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 1953 falls on Wednesday 4 November. Trayodaśī runs from 19:29 on Tue 3 Nov to 21:55 on Wed 4 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/yama-dipadana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 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/yama-dipadana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Trayodaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 13 Yama dipadana (pradosa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTrayodaśīSunset 3rdCoveredSunset 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:29 → 05:5516:58106 min16:570 min3 Nov
Chicago05:29 → 07:5516:42110 min16:410 min3 Nov
Jersey City06:29 → 08:5516:50109 min16:490 min3 Nov
Port of Spain07:29 → 09:5517:4198 min17:410 min3 Nov
London11:29 → 13:5516:30116 min16:280 min3 Nov
Durban13:29 → 15:5518:1985 min18:200 min3 Nov
Dubai15:29 → 17:5517:37103 min17:3619 min3 Nov
Delhi16:59 → 19:2517:35104 min17:34104 min4 Nov
Kolkata16:59 → 19:2516:58101 min16:57102 min4 Nov
Singapore18:59 → 21:2518:2057 min18:2096 min4 Nov
Sydney21:29 → 23:5518:240 min18:2584 min4 Nov
Suva23:29 → 01:5518:130 min18:1490 min4 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
yama-dipadana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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