Ruling · Yama Dīpadāna · 1968

Saturday 19 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 303 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 Saturday 19 October

Taken. The only evening Trayodaśī reaches.

17:34 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:18
17:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:34

104 of 104 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 20 October

Trayodaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:33 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:17
17:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:33

0 of 104 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 12:32 on Sat 19 Oct to 10:50 on Sun 20 Oct.

    1968-10-19T04:31:39Z → 1968-10-20T02:49:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:34–19:18 on the 19th, 17:33–19:17 on the 20th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 104 of 104 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 104 on the 20th.

    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 18160 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 1968: Saturday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 1968 falls on Saturday 19 October. Trayodaśī runs from 12:32 on Sat 19 Oct to 10:50 on Sun 20 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/yama-dipadana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 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/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 19thCoveredSunset 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:32 → 19:5018:1396 min18:120 min19 Oct
Chicago23:32 → 21:5018:02105 min18:010 min19 Oct
Jersey City00:32 → 22:5018:10105 min18:080 min19 Oct
Port of Spain00:32 → 22:5017:4697 min17:460 min19 Oct
London05:32 → 03:5017:58109 min17:560 min19 Oct
Durban06:32 → 04:5018:0889 min18:090 min19 Oct
Dubai08:32 → 06:5017:48100 min17:470 min19 Oct
Delhi10:02 → 08:2017:47101 min17:460 min19 Oct
Kolkata10:02 → 08:2017:08100 min17:070 min19 Oct
Singapore12:02 → 10:2018:2295 min18:220 min19 Oct
Sydney14:32 → 12:5018:1188 min18:120 min19 Oct
Suva16:32 → 14:5018:0892 min18:080 min19 Oct
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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