Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2075

Friday 8 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 Friday 8 November

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

17:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:00
16:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:35

0 of 110 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 9 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:10 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:00
Pratipadā ends 17:09:08
16:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:34

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 19:36 on Fri 8 Nov to 17:09 on Sat 9 Nov.

    2075-11-08T11:36:23Z → 2075-11-09T09:09:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:11–19:00 on the 8th, 17:10–19:00 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 110 on the 9th.

    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 28 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2075: Friday 8 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2075 falls on Friday 8 November. Pratipadā runs from 19:36 on Fri 8 Nov to 17:09 on Sat 9 Nov, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day. It is 0 min 28 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2075/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 8thCoveredSunset 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:36 → 01:0916:54108 min16:530 min8 Nov
Chicago05:36 → 03:0916:36112 min16:350 min8 Nov
Jersey City06:36 → 04:0916:44111 min16:430 min8 Nov
Port of Spain07:36 → 05:0917:4099 min17:400 min8 Nov
London11:36 → 09:0916:21118 min16:200 min8 Nov
Durban13:36 → 11:0918:2384 min18:240 min8 Nov
Dubai15:36 → 13:0917:34104 min17:340 min8 Nov
Delhi17:06 → 14:3917:31105 min17:300 min8 Nov
Kolkata17:06 → 14:3916:5592 min16:550 min8 Nov
Singapore19:36 → 17:0918:5049 min18:500 min8 Nov
Sydney22:36 → 20:0919:290 min19:3039 min9 Nov
Suva23:36 → 21:0918:160 min18:1789 min9 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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