Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1988

Thursday 10 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 200 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 9 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:09 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:59
16:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:33

0 of 110 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 10 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:08 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:59
16:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:32

110 of 110 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 22:20 on Wed 9 Nov to 22:55 on Thu 10 Nov.

    1988-11-09T14:19:44Z → 1988-11-10T14:54:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:09–18:59 on the 9th, 17:08–18:59 on the 10th.

    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 110 minutes on the 9th and 110 of 110 on the 10th.

    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 12015 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1988: Thursday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1988 falls on Thursday 10 November. Pratipadā runs from 22:20 on Wed 9 Nov to 22:55 on Thu 10 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1988/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 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 9thCoveredSunset 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:20 → 06:5516:53108 min16:520 min9 Nov
Chicago08:20 → 08:5516:35112 min16:340 min9 Nov
Jersey City09:20 → 09:5516:43111 min16:420 min9 Nov
Port of Spain10:20 → 10:5517:4099 min17:400 min9 Nov
London14:20 → 14:5516:19119 min16:180 min9 Nov
Durban16:20 → 16:5518:2484 min18:250 min9 Nov
Dubai18:20 → 18:5517:3357 min17:3382 min10 Nov
Delhi19:50 → 20:2517:300 min17:30105 min10 Nov
Kolkata19:50 → 20:2516:550 min16:54103 min10 Nov
Singapore22:20 → 22:5518:500 min18:5096 min10 Nov
Sydney01:20 → 01:5519:300 min19:3182 min10 Nov
Suva02:20 → 02:5518:170 min18:1789 min10 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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