Ruling · Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali) · 2021

Thursday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 521 minutes.

Decide it for

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 4 November

Taken. The only evening Amāvasyā reaches.

17:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:03
16:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14

109 of 109 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 5 November

Amāvasyā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:13 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:02
16:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:13

0 of 109 minutes covered

Amāvasyā presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Amāvasyā runs from 08:34 on Thu 4 Nov to 05:15 on Fri 5 Nov.

    2021-11-04T00:33:42Z → 2021-11-04T21:14:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:14–19:03 on the 4th, 17:13–19:02 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Amāvasyā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 109 on the 5th.

    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 31239 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pūjā, Baoding, 2021: Thursday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali) 2021 falls on Thursday 4 November. Amāvasyā runs from 08:34 on Thu 4 Nov to 05:15 on Fri 5 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2021/diwali-lakshmi-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 4 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/diwali-lakshmi-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Amāvasyā
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAmāvasyāSunset 4thCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:34 → 14:1517:570 min17:560 min3 Nov
Chicago19:34 → 16:1517:410 min17:390 min3 Nov
Jersey City20:34 → 17:1517:480 min17:470 min3 Nov
Port of Spain20:34 → 17:1517:410 min17:410 min3 Nov
London00:34 → 21:1516:28117 min16:260 min4 Nov
Durban02:34 → 23:1518:2085 min18:210 min4 Nov
Dubai04:34 → 01:1517:36103 min17:350 min4 Nov
Delhi06:04 → 02:4517:33104 min17:330 min4 Nov
Kolkata06:04 → 02:4516:57102 min16:570 min4 Nov
Singapore08:34 → 05:1518:5096 min18:500 min4 Nov
Sydney11:34 → 08:1519:2683 min19:260 min4 Nov
Suva12:34 → 09:1518:1490 min18:150 min4 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
diwali-lakshmi-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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