Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2046

Monday 29 October

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

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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 Monday 29 October

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

17:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:08
Pratipadā begins 19:17:08
16:5717:2117:4518:0918:3318:5719:21

0 of 107 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 30 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:20 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:07
16:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:20

0 of 107 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 19:17 on Mon 29 Oct to 15:47 on Tue 30 Oct.

    2046-10-29T11:17:08Z → 2046-10-30T07:47:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:21–19:08 on the 29th, 17:20–19:07 on the 30th.

    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 107 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 107 on the 30th.

    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 538 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2046: Monday 29 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2046 falls on Monday 29 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:17 on Mon 29 Oct to 15:47 on Tue 30 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 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 29thCoveredSunset 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:17 → 00:4718:02105 min18:010 min29 Oct
Chicago06:17 → 02:4717:48108 min17:470 min29 Oct
Jersey City07:17 → 03:4717:56108 min17:550 min29 Oct
Port of Spain07:17 → 03:4717:4398 min17:420 min29 Oct
London11:17 → 07:4716:38114 min16:370 min29 Oct
Durban13:17 → 09:4718:1586 min18:160 min29 Oct
Dubai15:17 → 11:4717:40102 min17:390 min29 Oct
Delhi16:47 → 13:1717:38103 min17:370 min29 Oct
Kolkata16:47 → 13:1717:01101 min17:000 min29 Oct
Singapore19:17 → 15:4718:5069 min18:500 min29 Oct
Sydney22:17 → 18:4719:200 min19:210 min29 Oct
Suva23:17 → 19:4718:110 min18:1290 min30 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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