Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1986

Sunday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 195 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 Sunday 2 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

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

108 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 3 November

Pratipadā 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 14:02 on Sun 2 Nov to 11:01 on Mon 3 Nov.

    1986-11-02T06:02:08Z → 1986-11-03T03:01:06Z

  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

    Pratipadā 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 11699 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1986: Sunday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1986 falls on Sunday 2 November. Pratipadā runs from 14:02 on Sun 2 Nov to 11:01 on Mon 3 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1986/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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/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 2ndCoveredSunset 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:02 → 19:0116:59106 min16:580 min2 Nov
Chicago00:02 → 21:0116:44110 min16:420 min2 Nov
Jersey City01:02 → 22:0116:51109 min16:500 min2 Nov
Port of Spain02:02 → 23:0117:4198 min17:410 min2 Nov
London06:02 → 03:0116:32115 min16:300 min2 Nov
Durban08:02 → 05:0118:1886 min18:190 min2 Nov
Dubai10:02 → 07:0117:38103 min17:370 min2 Nov
Delhi11:32 → 08:3117:35104 min17:350 min2 Nov
Kolkata11:32 → 08:3116:59102 min16:580 min2 Nov
Singapore14:02 → 11:0118:5096 min18:500 min2 Nov
Sydney17:02 → 14:0119:2384 min19:240 min2 Nov
Suva18:02 → 15:0118:1390 min18:130 min2 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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