Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1974

Thursday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 492 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Thursday 14 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:06 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:57
16:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

111 of 111 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 15 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:56
16:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

0 of 112 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 08:53 on Thu 14 Nov to 08:25 on Fri 15 Nov.

    1974-11-14T00:53:13Z → 1974-11-15T00:24:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:06–18:57 on the 14th, 17:05–18:56 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 111 of 111 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 112 on the 15th.

    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 29541 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1974: Thursday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1974 falls on Thursday 14 November. Pratipadā runs from 08:53 on Thu 14 Nov to 08:25 on Fri 15 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1974/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 14thCoveredSunset 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:53 → 16:2516:500 min16:490 min13 Nov
Chicago18:53 → 18:2516:31113 min16:300 min14 Nov
Jersey City19:53 → 19:2516:39113 min16:380 min14 Nov
Port of Spain20:53 → 20:2517:4099 min17:400 min14 Nov
London00:53 → 00:2516:13121 min16:110 min14 Nov
Durban02:53 → 02:2518:2883 min18:290 min14 Nov
Dubai04:53 → 04:2517:31105 min17:310 min14 Nov
Delhi06:23 → 05:5517:28106 min17:270 min14 Nov
Kolkata06:23 → 05:5516:53103 min16:530 min14 Nov
Singapore08:23 → 07:5518:2196 min18:210 min14 Nov
Sydney11:53 → 11:2519:3581 min19:350 min14 Nov
Suva12:53 → 12:2518:1988 min18:190 min14 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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