Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 2034

Sunday 12 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons 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 forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Saturday 11 November

Qualifies with 64 of 204 minutes. Not taken.

06:56 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:20
Pratipadā begins 09:16:16
06:3207:2008:0808:5609:4410:32

64 of 204 minutes covered, the last 64

Forenoon of Sunday 12 November

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

06:57 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:20
06:3307:2108:0908:5709:4510:33

203 of 203 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 09:16 on Sat 11 Nov to 11:48 on Sun 12 Nov.

    2034-11-11T01:16:16Z → 2034-11-12T03:47:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:56–10:20 on the 11th, 06:57–10:20 on the 12th.

    purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 64 of 204 minutes on the 11th and 203 of 203 on the 12th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 3824 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dyūta Pratipad, Baoding, 2034: Sunday 12 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dyūta Pratipad 2034 falls on Sunday 12 November. Pratipadā runs from 09:16 on Sat 11 Nov to 11:48 on Sun 12 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 64 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/2034/dyuta-pratipad · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 12 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/dyuta-pratipad · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa
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.

PlacePratipadāSunrise 11thCoveredSunrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:16 → 19:4806:22210 min06:230 min11 Nov
Chicago19:16 → 21:4806:36199 min06:370 min11 Nov
Jersey City20:16 → 22:4806:39201 min06:400 min11 Nov
Port of Spain21:16 → 23:4806:00233 min06:010 min11 Nov
London01:16 → 03:4807:12181 min07:140 min11 Nov
Durban03:16 → 05:4804:55270 min04:5454 min11 Nov
Dubai05:16 → 07:4806:33220 min06:3474 min11 Nov
Delhi06:46 → 09:1806:41211 min06:41156 min11 Nov
Kolkata06:46 → 09:1805:47163 min05:47210 min12 Nov
Singapore09:16 → 11:4806:4792 min06:47241 min12 Nov
Sydney12:16 → 14:4805:470 min05:46276 min12 Nov
Suva13:16 → 15:4805:230 min05:23258 min12 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
dyuta-pratipad@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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