Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1964

Wednesday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 26 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 4 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:03
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

109 of 109 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 5 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:02
16:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14

0 of 109 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 15:16 on Wed 4 Nov to 16:47 on Thu 5 Nov.

    1964-11-04T07:16:18Z → 1964-11-05T08:47:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:15–19:03 on the 4th, 17:14–19:02 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 109 on the 5th.

    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 1579 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1964: Wednesday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1964 falls on Wednesday 4 November. Pratipadā runs from 15:16 on Wed 4 Nov to 16:47 on Thu 5 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1964/bali-puja · 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/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 4thCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:16 → 00:4716:57107 min16:560 min4 Nov
Chicago01:16 → 02:4716:41110 min16:400 min4 Nov
Jersey City02:16 → 03:4716:49110 min16:480 min4 Nov
Port of Spain03:16 → 04:4717:4198 min17:410 min4 Nov
London07:16 → 08:4716:28116 min16:260 min4 Nov
Durban09:16 → 10:4718:2085 min18:210 min4 Nov
Dubai11:16 → 12:4717:36103 min17:360 min4 Nov
Delhi12:46 → 14:1717:34104 min17:330 min4 Nov
Kolkata12:46 → 14:1716:57102 min16:570 min4 Nov
Singapore14:46 → 16:1718:2096 min18:200 min4 Nov
Sydney17:16 → 18:4718:2584 min18:2621 min4 Nov
Suva19:16 → 20:4718:1427 min18:1589 min5 Nov
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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