Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1996

Monday 11 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 291 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 Monday 11 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:08 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:58
16:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:32

111 of 111 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 12 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:58
16:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:4319:0719:31

0 of 111 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 12:16 on Mon 11 Nov to 10:55 on Tue 12 Nov.

    1996-11-11T04:16:08Z → 1996-11-12T02:55:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:08–18:58 on the 11th, 17:07–18:58 on the 12th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 111 of 111 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 111 on the 12th.

    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 17483 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1996: Monday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1996 falls on Monday 11 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:16 on Mon 11 Nov to 10:55 on Tue 12 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 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 11thCoveredSunset 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:16 → 18:5516:51108 min16:510 min11 Nov
Chicago22:16 → 20:5516:33113 min16:320 min11 Nov
Jersey City23:16 → 21:5516:41112 min16:400 min11 Nov
Port of Spain00:16 → 22:5517:4099 min17:400 min11 Nov
London04:16 → 02:5516:16120 min16:150 min11 Nov
Durban06:16 → 04:5518:2684 min18:270 min11 Nov
Dubai08:16 → 06:5517:32104 min17:320 min11 Nov
Delhi09:46 → 08:2517:29106 min17:290 min11 Nov
Kolkata09:46 → 08:2516:54103 min16:540 min11 Nov
Singapore12:16 → 10:5518:5096 min18:500 min11 Nov
Sydney15:16 → 13:5519:3282 min19:330 min11 Nov
Suva16:16 → 14:5518:1889 min18:180 min11 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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