Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2001

Thursday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 144 minutes.

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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 Thursday 15 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:56
16:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

112 of 112 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 16 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:56
16:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

0 of 112 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 14:40 on Thu 15 Nov to 13:12 on Fri 16 Nov.

    2001-11-15T06:39:59Z → 2001-11-16T05:11:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:04–18:56 on the 15th, 17:04–18:56 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 112 of 112 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 112 on the 16th.

    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 8665 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2001: Thursday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2001 falls on Thursday 15 November. Pratipadā runs from 14:40 on Thu 15 Nov to 13:12 on Fri 16 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 15thCoveredSunset 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:40 → 21:1216:49109 min16:480 min15 Nov
Chicago00:40 → 23:1216:29114 min16:290 min15 Nov
Jersey City01:40 → 00:1216:38113 min16:370 min15 Nov
Port of Spain02:40 → 01:1217:4099 min17:400 min15 Nov
London06:40 → 05:1216:11121 min16:090 min15 Nov
Durban08:40 → 07:1218:2983 min18:300 min15 Nov
Dubai10:40 → 09:1217:31105 min17:310 min15 Nov
Delhi12:10 → 10:4217:27106 min17:270 min15 Nov
Kolkata12:10 → 10:4216:53104 min16:520 min15 Nov
Singapore14:40 → 13:1218:5196 min18:510 min15 Nov
Sydney17:40 → 16:1219:3681 min19:370 min15 Nov
Suva18:40 → 17:1218:2068 min18:200 min15 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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