Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 1958

Wednesday 12 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 40 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Tuesday 11 November

Pratipadā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

06:56 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:20
06:3207:2008:0808:5609:4410:32

0 of 204 minutes covered

Forenoon of Wednesday 12 November

Taken. The only forenoon Pratipadā reaches.

06:57 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:20
06:3307:2108:0908:5709:4510:33

204 of 204 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentPūrvāhṇa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 14:34 on Tue 11 Nov to 11:00 on Wed 12 Nov.

    1958-11-11T06:33:45Z → 1958-11-12T03:00:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:56–10:20 on the 11th, 06:57–10:20 on the 12th.

    purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 0 of 204 minutes on the 11th and 204 of 204 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one forenoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 2385 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dyūta Pratipad, Baoding, 1958: Wednesday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dyūta Pratipad 1958 falls on Wednesday 12 November. Pratipadā runs from 14:34 on Tue 11 Nov to 11:00 on Wed 12 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1958/dyuta-pratipad · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 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/dyuta-pratipad · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa
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.

PlacePratipadāSunrise 11thCoveredSunrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:34 → 19:0006:22210 min06:230 min11 Nov
Chicago00:34 → 21:0006:35200 min06:360 min11 Nov
Jersey City01:34 → 22:0006:38201 min06:400 min11 Nov
Port of Spain02:34 → 23:0006:00233 min06:010 min11 Nov
London06:34 → 03:0007:11182 min07:130 min11 Nov
Durban08:34 → 05:0004:5551 min04:546 min11 Nov
Dubai10:34 → 07:0006:330 min06:3327 min12 Nov
Delhi12:04 → 08:3006:400 min06:41109 min12 Nov
Kolkata12:04 → 08:3005:470 min05:47163 min12 Nov
Singapore14:04 → 10:3006:170 min06:17241 min12 Nov
Sydney16:34 → 13:0004:470 min04:47275 min12 Nov
Suva18:34 → 15:0005:240 min05:23258 min12 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
dyuta-pratipad@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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