Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2031

Saturday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 483 minutes.

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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 Friday 14 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:57
16:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

0 of 111 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 15 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:56
16:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

112 of 112 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 05:10 on Sat 15 Nov to 02:59 on Sun 16 Nov.

    2031-11-14T21:09:38Z → 2031-11-15T18:59:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:05–18:57 on the 14th, 17:05–18:56 on the 15th.

    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 111 minutes on the 14th and 112 of 112 on the 15th.

    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 28972 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2031: Saturday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2031 falls on Saturday 15 November. Pratipadā runs from 05:10 on Sat 15 Nov to 02:59 on Sun 16 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2031/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 15 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/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 14thCoveredSunset 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:10 → 10:5916:50109 min16:490 min14 Nov
Chicago15:10 → 12:5916:31113 min16:300 min14 Nov
Jersey City16:10 → 13:5916:39113 min16:380 min14 Nov
Port of Spain17:10 → 14:5917:4099 min17:400 min14 Nov
London21:10 → 18:5916:120 min16:11121 min15 Nov
Durban23:10 → 20:5918:280 min18:2983 min15 Nov
Dubai01:10 → 22:5917:310 min17:31105 min15 Nov
Delhi02:40 → 00:2917:280 min17:27106 min15 Nov
Kolkata02:40 → 00:2916:530 min16:53104 min15 Nov
Singapore05:10 → 02:5918:510 min18:5196 min15 Nov
Sydney08:10 → 05:5919:350 min19:3681 min15 Nov
Suva09:10 → 06:5918:190 min18:1988 min15 Nov
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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