Evening of Wednesday 8 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:01
Pratipadā begins 17:58:24
16:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:11
62 of 110 minutes covered, the last 62
Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1961
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Wednesday 8 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
62 of 110 minutes covered, the last 62
Evening of Thursday 9 November
Qualifies with 26 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
26 of 110 minutes covered, the first 26
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 17:58 on Wed 8 Nov to 17:36 on Thu 9 Nov.
1961-11-08T09:58:24Z → 1961-11-09T09:35:46Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:11–19:01 on the 8th, 17:10–19:00 on the 9th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 62 of 110 minutes on the 8th and 26 of 110 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1556 s
Ruling
Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1961: Wednesday 8 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1961 falls on Wednesday 8 November. Pratipadā runs from 17:58 on Wed 8 Nov to 17:36 on Thu 9 Nov and covers 62 of 110 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 26 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 8 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 8 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 8 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunset 8th | Covered | Sunset 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:58 → 01:36 | 16:54 | 108 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 03:58 → 03:36 | 16:37 | 112 min | 16:35 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 04:58 → 04:36 | 16:45 | 111 min | 16:44 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 05:58 → 05:36 | 17:40 | 99 min | 17:40 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 09:58 → 09:36 | 16:22 | 118 min | 16:20 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 11:58 → 11:36 | 18:23 | 84 min | 18:24 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 13:58 → 13:36 | 17:34 | 104 min | 17:34 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:28 → 15:06 | 17:31 | 105 min | 17:31 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:28 → 15:06 | 16:55 | 103 min | 16:55 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Singapore | 17:28 → 17:06 | 18:20 | 96 min | 18:20 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Sydney | 19:58 → 19:36 | 18:29 | 0 min | 18:30 | 66 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 21:58 → 21:36 | 18:16 | 0 min | 18:16 | 89 min | 9 Nov |