Ruling · Yama Dīpadāna · 1983

Wednesday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 268 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 2 November

Taken. The only evening Trayodaśī reaches.

17:17 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:05
16:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:5319:17

108 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 3 November

Trayodaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

0 of 108 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 12:49 on Wed 2 Nov to 10:23 on Thu 3 Nov.

    1983-11-02T04:49:19Z → 1983-11-03T02:23:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 108 on the 3rd.

    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 16086 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 1983: Wednesday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 1983 falls on Wednesday 2 November. Trayodaśī runs from 12:49 on Wed 2 Nov to 10:23 on Thu 3 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1983/yama-dipadana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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/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 2ndCoveredSunset 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:49 → 18:2316:5984 min16:580 min2 Nov
Chicago22:49 → 20:2316:44110 min16:430 min2 Nov
Jersey City23:49 → 21:2316:52109 min16:510 min2 Nov
Port of Spain00:49 → 22:2317:4298 min17:410 min2 Nov
London04:49 → 02:2316:32115 min16:310 min2 Nov
Durban06:49 → 04:2318:1886 min18:190 min2 Nov
Dubai08:49 → 06:2317:38103 min17:370 min2 Nov
Delhi10:19 → 07:5317:36104 min17:350 min2 Nov
Kolkata10:19 → 07:5316:59102 min16:580 min2 Nov
Singapore12:49 → 10:2318:5095 min18:500 min2 Nov
Sydney15:49 → 13:2319:2384 min19:240 min2 Nov
Suva16:49 → 14:2318:1390 min18:130 min2 Nov
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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