Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1957

Wednesday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 286 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 Wednesday 23 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:29 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:14
17:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

105 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 24 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

0 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 12:43 on Wed 23 Oct to 09:54 on Thu 24 Oct.

    1957-10-23T04:43:20Z → 1957-10-24T01:53:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:29–19:14 on the 23rd, 17:28–19:13 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 105 on the 24th.

    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 17162 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1957: Wednesday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1957 falls on Wednesday 23 October. Pratipadā runs from 12:43 on Wed 23 Oct to 09:54 on Thu 24 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1957/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 23 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 23rdCoveredSunset 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:43 → 17:5417:0945 min17:080 min23 Oct
Chicago23:43 → 20:5417:57106 min17:560 min23 Oct
Jersey City00:43 → 21:5418:04106 min18:030 min23 Oct
Port of Spain00:43 → 21:5417:4597 min17:440 min23 Oct
London04:43 → 01:5416:51111 min16:490 min23 Oct
Durban06:43 → 03:5418:1188 min18:110 min23 Oct
Dubai08:43 → 05:5417:45101 min17:440 min23 Oct
Delhi10:13 → 07:2417:44102 min17:430 min23 Oct
Kolkata10:13 → 07:2417:05100 min17:040 min23 Oct
Singapore12:13 → 09:2418:2195 min18:210 min23 Oct
Sydney14:43 → 11:5418:1487 min18:150 min23 Oct
Suva16:43 → 13:5418:0991 min18:090 min23 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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