Ruling · Yama Dīpadāna · 1995

Saturday 21 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 33 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 Saturday 21 October

Taken. The only evening Trayodaśī reaches.

17:32 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:17
17:0817:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:32

104 of 104 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 22 October

Trayodaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:31 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:16
17:0717:3117:5518:1918:4319:0719:31

0 of 105 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 16:59 on Sat 21 Oct to 16:07 on Sun 22 Oct.

    1995-10-21T08:59:17Z → 1995-10-22T08:07:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:32–19:17 on the 21st, 17:31–19:16 on the 22nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 104 of 104 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 105 on the 22nd.

    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 1982 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 1995: Saturday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 1995 falls on Saturday 21 October. Trayodaśī runs from 16:59 on Sat 21 Oct to 16:07 on Sun 22 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/yama-dipadana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 21 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/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 21stCoveredSunset 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:59 → 01:0718:12103 min18:110 min21 Oct
Chicago03:59 → 03:0718:00105 min17:590 min21 Oct
Jersey City04:59 → 04:0718:07105 min18:060 min21 Oct
Port of Spain04:59 → 04:0717:4697 min17:450 min21 Oct
London09:59 → 08:0717:55109 min16:530 min21 Oct
Durban10:59 → 10:0718:0988 min18:100 min21 Oct
Dubai12:59 → 12:0717:47100 min17:460 min21 Oct
Delhi14:29 → 13:3717:46101 min17:450 min21 Oct
Kolkata14:29 → 13:3717:07100 min17:060 min21 Oct
Singapore16:59 → 16:0718:5295 min18:510 min21 Oct
Sydney18:59 → 18:0718:1340 min18:130 min21 Oct
Suva20:59 → 20:0718:080 min18:0991 min22 Oct
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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