Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1995

Tuesday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 292 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 Tuesday 24 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

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

105 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 25 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

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 12:36 on Tue 24 Oct to 10:11 on Wed 25 Oct.

    1995-10-24T04:36:13Z → 1995-10-25T02:10:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:28–19:13 on the 24th, 17:27–19:13 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 105 of 105 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 105 on the 25th.

    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 17527 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1995: Tuesday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1995 falls on Tuesday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 12:36 on Tue 24 Oct to 10:11 on Wed 25 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles21:36 → 19:1118:0862 min18:070 min24 Oct
Chicago23:36 → 21:1117:56106 min17:540 min24 Oct
Jersey City00:36 → 22:1118:03106 min18:020 min24 Oct
Port of Spain00:36 → 22:1117:4498 min17:440 min24 Oct
London04:36 → 02:1116:49111 min16:470 min24 Oct
Durban06:36 → 04:1118:1188 min18:120 min24 Oct
Dubai08:36 → 06:1117:44101 min17:430 min24 Oct
Delhi10:06 → 07:4117:43102 min17:420 min24 Oct
Kolkata10:06 → 07:4117:05100 min17:040 min24 Oct
Singapore12:36 → 10:1118:5195 min18:510 min24 Oct
Sydney14:36 → 12:1118:1586 min18:160 min24 Oct
Suva16:36 → 14:1118:0991 min18:100 min24 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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