Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1976

Saturday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 259 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 23 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:29 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:14
17:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

105 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 24 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

0 of 105 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 13:10 on Sat 23 Oct to 09:26 on Sun 24 Oct.

    1976-10-23T05:09:38Z → 1976-10-24T01:25:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:29–19:14 on the 23rd, 17:28–19:13 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 105 on the 24th.

    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 15553 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1976: Saturday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1976 falls on Saturday 23 October. Pratipadā runs from 13:10 on Sat 23 Oct to 09:26 on Sun 24 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 23 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/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 23rdCoveredSunset 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:10 → 18:2618:0917 min18:080 min23 Oct
Chicago00:10 → 20:2617:56106 min17:550 min23 Oct
Jersey City01:10 → 21:2618:04106 min18:020 min23 Oct
Port of Spain01:10 → 21:2617:4598 min17:440 min23 Oct
London06:10 → 02:2617:50111 min16:480 min23 Oct
Durban07:10 → 03:2618:1188 min18:120 min23 Oct
Dubai09:10 → 05:2617:45101 min17:440 min23 Oct
Delhi10:40 → 06:5617:43102 min17:420 min23 Oct
Kolkata10:40 → 06:5617:05100 min17:040 min23 Oct
Singapore12:40 → 08:5618:2195 min18:210 min23 Oct
Sydney15:10 → 11:2618:1587 min18:160 min23 Oct
Suva17:10 → 13:2618:0991 min18:100 min23 Oct
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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