Forenoon of Wednesday 29 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:42 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:15
Pratipadā begins 07:13:51
06:1807:0607:5408:4209:3010:18
181 of 213 minutes covered, the last 181
Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 2008
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Forenoon of Wednesday 29 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
181 of 213 minutes covered, the last 181
Forenoon of Thursday 30 October
Qualifies with 125 of 212 minutes. Not taken.
125 of 212 minutes covered, the first 125
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 07:14 on Wed 29 Oct to 08:49 on Thu 30 Oct.
2008-10-28T23:13:51Z → 2008-10-30T00:48:42Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:42–10:15 on the 29th, 06:43–10:15 on the 30th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 181 of 213 minutes on the 29th and 125 of 212 on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1896 s
Ruling
Dyūta Pratipad, Baoding, 2008: Wednesday 29 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Dyūta Pratipad 2008 falls on Wednesday 29 October. Pratipadā runs from 07:14 on Wed 29 Oct to 08:49 on Thu 30 Oct and covers 181 of 213 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 125 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 29 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 29 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 29 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/dyuta-pratipad · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunrise 28th | Covered | Sunrise 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:14 → 17:49 | 07:10 | 0 min | 07:12 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Chicago | 18:14 → 19:49 | 07:19 | 0 min | 07:21 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Jersey City | 19:14 → 20:49 | 07:23 | 0 min | 07:25 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:14 → 20:49 | 05:57 | 0 min | 05:57 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| London | 23:14 → 00:49 | 06:48 | 0 min | 06:51 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 01:14 → 02:49 | 05:05 | 0 min | 05:03 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:14 → 04:49 | 06:24 | 0 min | 06:25 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 04:44 → 06:19 | 06:31 | 0 min | 06:32 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 04:44 → 06:19 | 05:39 | 0 min | 05:40 | 38 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 07:14 → 08:49 | 06:46 | 0 min | 06:46 | 122 min | 29 Oct |
| Sydney | 10:14 → 11:49 | 05:59 | 0 min | 05:57 | 268 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 11:14 → 12:49 | 05:29 | 0 min | 05:28 | 255 min | 30 Oct |