Ruling · Yama Dīpadāna · 2036

Friday 17 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 330 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 Thursday 16 October

Trayodaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:38 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:21
17:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:38

0 of 103 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 17 October

Taken. The only evening Trayodaśī reaches.

17:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:20
17:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:36

103 of 103 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Trayodaśī runs from 03:32 on Fri 17 Oct to 00:50 on Sat 18 Oct.

    2036-10-16T19:32:23Z → 2036-10-17T16:49:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:38–19:21 on the 16th, 17:36–19:20 on the 17th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 103 minutes on the 16th and 103 of 103 on the 17th.

    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 19798 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 2036: Friday 17 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 2036 falls on Friday 17 October. Trayodaśī runs from 03:32 on Fri 17 Oct to 00:50 on Sat 18 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/yama-dipadana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 17 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 17 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 17 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/yama-dipadana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“K 13 Yama dipadana (pradosa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTrayodaśīSunset 16thCoveredSunset 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:32 → 09:5018:16102 min18:150 min16 Oct
Chicago14:32 → 11:5018:06104 min18:050 min16 Oct
Jersey City15:32 → 12:5018:13104 min18:120 min16 Oct
Port of Spain15:32 → 12:5017:4897 min17:470 min16 Oct
London20:32 → 17:5018:040 min18:020 min16 Oct
Durban21:32 → 18:5018:060 min18:0743 min17 Oct
Dubai23:32 → 20:5017:500 min17:49100 min17 Oct
Delhi01:02 → 22:2017:500 min17:49101 min17 Oct
Kolkata01:02 → 22:2017:100 min17:0999 min17 Oct
Singapore03:32 → 00:5018:520 min18:5295 min17 Oct
Sydney06:32 → 03:5019:090 min19:1088 min17 Oct
Suva07:32 → 04:5018:070 min18:0792 min17 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
yama-dipadana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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