Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2014

Friday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 643 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 Thursday 23 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:29 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:14
17:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

0 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 24 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

105 of 105 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 05:57 on Fri 24 Oct to 06:18 on Sat 25 Oct.

    2014-10-23T21:56:40Z → 2014-10-24T22:17:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:29–19:14 on the 23rd, 17:28–19:13 on the 24th.

    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 105 minutes on the 23rd and 105 of 105 on the 24th.

    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 38554 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2014: Friday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2014 falls on Friday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 05:57 on Fri 24 Oct to 06:18 on Sat 25 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 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 23rdCoveredSunset 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:57 → 15:1818:09104 min18:080 min23 Oct
Chicago16:57 → 17:1817:57106 min17:550 min23 Oct
Jersey City17:57 → 18:1818:04106 min18:0315 min23 Oct
Port of Spain17:57 → 18:1817:4586 min17:4433 min23 Oct
London22:57 → 23:1817:510 min17:49111 min24 Oct
Durban23:57 → 00:1818:110 min18:1288 min24 Oct
Dubai01:57 → 02:1817:450 min17:44101 min24 Oct
Delhi03:27 → 03:4817:440 min17:43102 min24 Oct
Kolkata03:27 → 03:4817:050 min17:04100 min24 Oct
Singapore05:57 → 06:1818:510 min18:5195 min24 Oct
Sydney08:57 → 09:1819:150 min19:1586 min24 Oct
Suva09:57 → 10:1818:090 min18:1091 min24 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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