Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2060

Monday 25 October

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Sunday 24 October

Qualifies with 106 of 106 minutes. Not taken.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:12
Pratipadā begins 17:26:10
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

106 of 106 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 25 October

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

17:26 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:11
17:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:26

106 of 106 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 17:26 on Sun 24 Oct to 20:08 on Mon 25 Oct.

    2060-10-24T09:26:11Z → 2060-10-25T12:08:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:27–19:12 on the 24th, 17:26–19:11 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 106 of 106 minutes on the 24th and 106 of 106 on the 25th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 36 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2060: Monday 25 October.

    confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2060 falls on Monday 25 October. Pratipadā runs from 17:26 on Sun 24 Oct to 20:08 on Mon 25 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 106 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 0 min 36 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2060/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:26 → 05:0818:07104 min18:060 min24 Oct
Chicago04:26 → 07:0817:54107 min17:530 min24 Oct
Jersey City05:26 → 08:0818:02106 min18:000 min24 Oct
Port of Spain05:26 → 08:0817:4498 min17:440 min24 Oct
London10:26 → 13:0817:47112 min17:450 min24 Oct
Durban11:26 → 14:0818:1287 min18:130 min24 Oct
Dubai13:26 → 16:0817:43101 min17:430 min24 Oct
Delhi14:56 → 17:3817:42102 min17:410 min24 Oct
Kolkata14:56 → 17:3817:04101 min17:0335 min24 Oct
Singapore17:26 → 20:0818:5195 min18:5177 min24 Oct
Sydney20:26 → 23:0819:1616 min19:1786 min25 Oct
Suva21:26 → 00:0818:100 min18:1091 min25 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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