Ruling · Yama Dīpadāna · 2004

Wednesday 10 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 486 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 9 November

Trayodaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:09 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:59
16:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:33

0 of 110 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 10 November

Taken. The only evening Trayodaśī reaches.

17:08 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:59
16:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:32

110 of 110 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 04:30 on Wed 10 Nov to 03:04 on Thu 11 Nov.

    2004-11-09T20:30:12Z → 2004-11-10T19:04:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:09–18:59 on the 9th, 17:08–18:59 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 110 minutes on the 9th and 110 of 110 on the 10th.

    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 29133 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 2004: Wednesday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 2004 falls on Wednesday 10 November. Trayodaśī runs from 04:30 on Wed 10 Nov to 03:04 on Thu 11 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/yama-dipadana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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/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 9thCoveredSunset 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:30 → 11:0416:53108 min16:520 min9 Nov
Chicago14:30 → 13:0416:35112 min16:340 min9 Nov
Jersey City15:30 → 14:0416:43111 min16:420 min9 Nov
Port of Spain16:30 → 15:0417:4099 min17:400 min9 Nov
London20:30 → 19:0416:190 min16:18119 min10 Nov
Durban22:30 → 21:0418:240 min18:2584 min10 Nov
Dubai00:30 → 23:0417:330 min17:33104 min10 Nov
Delhi02:00 → 00:3417:300 min17:30106 min10 Nov
Kolkata02:00 → 00:3416:550 min16:54103 min10 Nov
Singapore04:30 → 03:0418:500 min18:5096 min10 Nov
Sydney07:30 → 06:0419:300 min19:3182 min10 Nov
Suva08:30 → 07:0418:170 min18:1789 min10 Nov
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

About Ahargaṇa