Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2037

Saturday 7 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. 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 Saturday 7 November

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.

17:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:01
16:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:11

0 of 110 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 8 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:10 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:00
Pratipadā ends 17:02:06
16:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:10

0 of 110 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 20:03 on Sat 7 Nov to 17:02 on Sun 8 Nov.

    2037-11-07T12:03:11Z → 2037-11-08T09:02:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:11–19:01 on the 7th, 17:10–19:00 on the 8th.

    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 110 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 110 on the 8th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 486 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2037: Saturday 7 November.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2037 falls on Saturday 7 November. Pratipadā runs from 20:03 on Sat 7 Nov to 17:02 on Sun 8 Nov, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2037/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 7thCoveredSunset 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:03 → 01:0216:54107 min16:530 min7 Nov
Chicago06:03 → 03:0216:37111 min16:360 min7 Nov
Jersey City07:03 → 04:0216:45111 min16:440 min7 Nov
Port of Spain08:03 → 05:0217:4099 min17:400 min7 Nov
London12:03 → 09:0216:22118 min16:210 min7 Nov
Durban14:03 → 11:0218:2384 min18:230 min7 Nov
Dubai16:03 → 13:0217:34104 min17:340 min7 Nov
Delhi17:33 → 14:3217:31103 min17:310 min7 Nov
Kolkata17:33 → 14:3216:5665 min16:550 min7 Nov
Singapore20:03 → 17:0218:5022 min18:500 min7 Nov
Sydney23:03 → 20:0219:280 min19:2933 min8 Nov
Suva00:03 → 21:0218:160 min18:1689 min8 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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