Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1984

Wednesday 24 October

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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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 24 October

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

0 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 25 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:26 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:12
17:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:26

0 of 106 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 20:08 on Wed 24 Oct to 16:45 on Thu 25 Oct.

    1984-10-24T12:08:09Z → 1984-10-25T08:44:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:27–19:13 on the 24th, 17:26–19:12 on the 25th.

    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 105 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 106 on the 25th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 2472 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1984: Wednesday 24 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1984 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 20:08 on Wed 24 Oct to 16:45 on Thu 25 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:08 → 01:4518:08104 min18:070 min24 Oct
Chicago07:08 → 03:4517:55107 min17:530 min24 Oct
Jersey City08:08 → 04:4518:02106 min18:010 min24 Oct
Port of Spain08:08 → 04:4517:4498 min17:440 min24 Oct
London13:08 → 09:4517:48111 min17:460 min24 Oct
Durban14:08 → 10:4518:1287 min18:120 min24 Oct
Dubai16:08 → 12:4517:44101 min17:430 min24 Oct
Delhi17:38 → 14:1517:42102 min17:420 min24 Oct
Kolkata17:38 → 14:1517:0466 min17:030 min24 Oct
Singapore20:08 → 16:4518:5118 min18:510 min24 Oct
Sydney22:08 → 18:4518:160 min18:1728 min25 Oct
Suva00:08 → 20:4518:100 min18:1091 min25 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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