Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2003

Saturday 25 October

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Saturday 25 October

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:12
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

0 of 106 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 26 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:26 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:11
Pratipadā ends 17:17:27
17:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:26

0 of 106 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 20:50 on Sat 25 Oct to 17:17 on Sun 26 Oct.

    2003-10-25T12:50:18Z → 2003-10-26T09:17:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:27–19:12 on the 25th, 17:26–19:11 on the 26th.

    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 106 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 106 on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 493 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2003: Saturday 25 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2003 falls on Saturday 25 October. Pratipadā runs from 20:50 on Sat 25 Oct to 17:17 on Sun 26 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 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 25thCoveredSunset 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:50 → 01:1718:07104 min17:060 min25 Oct
Chicago07:50 → 03:1717:54107 min16:530 min25 Oct
Jersey City08:50 → 04:1718:02106 min17:000 min25 Oct
Port of Spain08:50 → 05:1717:4498 min17:440 min25 Oct
London13:50 → 09:1717:47111 min16:450 min25 Oct
Durban14:50 → 11:1718:1287 min18:130 min25 Oct
Dubai16:50 → 13:1717:43101 min17:430 min25 Oct
Delhi18:20 → 14:4717:4264 min17:410 min25 Oct
Kolkata18:20 → 14:4717:0424 min17:030 min25 Oct
Singapore20:50 → 17:1718:510 min18:510 min25 Oct
Sydney22:50 → 20:1718:160 min19:1761 min26 Oct
Suva00:50 → 21:1718:100 min18:1091 min26 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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