Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2022

Tuesday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 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 Tuesday 25 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:26 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:12
Pratipadā begins 18:48:42
17:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:26

23 of 106 minutes covered, the last 23

Evening of Wednesday 26 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:25 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:11
Pratipadā ends 17:12:40
17:0117:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:25

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 18:49 on Tue 25 Oct to 17:13 on Wed 26 Oct.

    2022-10-25T10:48:42Z → 2022-10-26T09:12:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:26–19:12 on the 25th, 17:25–19:11 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 23 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

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 748 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2022: Tuesday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2022 falls on Tuesday 25 October. Pratipadā runs from 18:49 on Tue 25 Oct to 17:13 on Wed 26 Oct and covers 23 of 106 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles03:49 → 02:1318:07104 min18:060 min25 Oct
Chicago05:49 → 04:1317:54107 min17:520 min25 Oct
Jersey City06:49 → 05:1318:01107 min18:000 min25 Oct
Port of Spain06:49 → 05:1317:4498 min17:440 min25 Oct
London11:49 → 10:1317:46112 min17:450 min25 Oct
Durban12:49 → 11:1318:1287 min18:130 min25 Oct
Dubai14:49 → 13:1317:43101 min17:420 min25 Oct
Delhi16:19 → 14:4317:42102 min17:410 min25 Oct
Kolkata16:19 → 14:4317:04101 min17:030 min25 Oct
Singapore18:49 → 17:1318:5195 min18:510 min25 Oct
Sydney21:49 → 20:1319:160 min19:1755 min26 Oct
Suva22:49 → 21:1318:100 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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