Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2033

Sunday 23 October

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

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 Sunday 23 October

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

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

105 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 24 October

Qualifies with 32 of 105 minutes. Not taken.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
Pratipadā ends 17:58:55
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

32 of 105 minutes covered, the first 32

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 15:28 on Sun 23 Oct to 17:59 on Mon 24 Oct.

    2033-10-23T07:28:27Z → 2033-10-24T09:58:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:29–19:14 on the 23rd, 17:27–19:13 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 105 of 105 minutes on the 23rd and 32 of 105 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1897 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2033: Sunday 23 October.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2033 falls on Sunday 23 October. Pratipadā runs from 15:28 on Sun 23 Oct to 17:59 on Mon 24 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 32 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2033/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 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 Angeles00:28 → 02:5918:09104 min18:080 min23 Oct
Chicago02:28 → 04:5917:56106 min17:550 min23 Oct
Jersey City03:28 → 05:5918:04106 min18:020 min23 Oct
Port of Spain03:28 → 05:5917:4598 min17:440 min23 Oct
London08:28 → 10:5917:50111 min17:480 min23 Oct
Durban09:28 → 11:5918:1188 min18:120 min23 Oct
Dubai11:28 → 13:5917:44101 min17:440 min23 Oct
Delhi12:58 → 15:2917:43102 min17:420 min23 Oct
Kolkata12:58 → 15:2917:05100 min17:040 min23 Oct
Singapore15:28 → 17:5918:5195 min18:510 min23 Oct
Sydney18:28 → 20:5919:1586 min19:1686 min23 Oct
Suva19:28 → 21:5918:0912 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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