Evening of Tuesday 31 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:19 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:07
16:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:19
107 of 107 minutes covered
Ruling · Yama Dīpadāna · 2051
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Tuesday 31 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
107 of 107 minutes covered
Evening of Wednesday 1 November
Qualifies with 18 of 108 minutes. Not taken.
18 of 108 minutes covered, the first 18
Aṅga
Trayodaśī runs from 15:00 on Tue 31 Oct to 17:36 on Wed 1 Nov.
2051-10-31T07:00:22Z → 2051-11-01T09:35:43Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:19–19:07 on the 31st, 17:18–19:06 on the 1st.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 107 of 107 minutes on the 31st and 18 of 108 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1062 s
Ruling
Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 2051: Tuesday 31 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 2051 falls on Tuesday 31 October. Trayodaśī runs from 15:00 on Tue 31 Oct to 17:36 on Wed 1 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 18 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 31 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 31 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 31 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/yama-dipadana · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 13 Yama dipadana (pradosa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Trayodaśī | Sunset 31st | Covered | Sunset 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:00 → 02:36 | 18:01 | 106 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:00 → 04:36 | 17:46 | 109 min | 17:45 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:00 → 05:36 | 17:54 | 108 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:00 → 05:36 | 17:42 | 98 min | 17:42 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| London | 07:00 → 09:36 | 16:35 | 115 min | 16:33 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Durban | 09:00 → 11:36 | 18:17 | 86 min | 18:18 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:00 → 13:36 | 17:39 | 102 min | 17:38 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:30 → 15:06 | 17:37 | 104 min | 17:36 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:30 → 15:06 | 17:00 | 102 min | 16:59 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:00 → 17:36 | 18:50 | 95 min | 18:50 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:00 → 20:36 | 19:22 | 85 min | 19:23 | 73 min | 31 Oct |
| Suva | 19:00 → 21:36 | 18:12 | 42 min | 18:13 | 90 min | 1 Nov |