Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1975

Tuesday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 54 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 Monday 3 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:05
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

0 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 4 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
Pratipadā ends 18:09:28
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

54 of 108 minutes covered, the first 54

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 21:05 on Mon 3 Nov to 18:09 on Tue 4 Nov.

    1975-11-03T13:04:46Z → 1975-11-04T10:09:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–19:05 on the 3rd, 17:15–19:04 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 108 minutes on the 3rd and 54 of 108 on the 4th.

    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 3251 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1975: Tuesday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1975 falls on Tuesday 4 November. Pratipadā runs from 21:05 on Mon 3 Nov to 18:09 on Tue 4 Nov and covers 54 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1975/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 3rdCoveredSunset 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:05 → 02:0916:58106 min16:580 min3 Nov
Chicago07:05 → 04:0916:43110 min16:420 min3 Nov
Jersey City08:05 → 05:0916:51109 min16:490 min3 Nov
Port of Spain09:05 → 06:0917:4198 min17:410 min3 Nov
London13:05 → 10:0916:31116 min16:290 min3 Nov
Durban15:05 → 12:0918:1986 min18:190 min3 Nov
Dubai17:05 → 14:0917:37103 min17:370 min3 Nov
Delhi18:35 → 15:3917:3544 min17:340 min3 Nov
Kolkata18:35 → 15:3916:585 min16:580 min3 Nov
Singapore20:35 → 17:3918:200 min18:200 min3 Nov
Sydney00:05 → 21:0919:240 min19:2584 min4 Nov
Suva01:05 → 22:0918:130 min18:1490 min4 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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