Ruling · Yama Dīpadāna · 2077

Saturday 13 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. 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 12 November

Qualifies with 38 of 111 minutes. Not taken.

17:06 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:58
Trayodaśī begins 18:19:04
16:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

38 of 111 minutes covered, the last 38

Evening of Saturday 13 November

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

17:06 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:57
16:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

111 of 111 minutes covered

Trayodaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Trayodaśī runs from 18:19 on Fri 12 Nov to 20:49 on Sat 13 Nov.

    2077-11-12T10:19:04Z → 2077-11-13T12:49:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:06–18:58 on the 12th, 17:06–18:57 on the 13th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 38 of 111 minutes on the 12th and 111 of 111 on the 13th.

    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 2306 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 2077: Saturday 13 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 2077 falls on Saturday 13 November. Trayodaśī runs from 18:19 on Fri 12 Nov to 20:49 on Sat 13 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 38 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2077/yama-dipadana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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/yama-dipadana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Trayodaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 13 Yama dipadana (pradosa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTrayodaśīSunset 12thCoveredSunset 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:19 → 04:4916:51109 min16:500 min12 Nov
Chicago04:19 → 06:4916:32113 min16:310 min12 Nov
Jersey City05:19 → 07:4916:40112 min16:390 min12 Nov
Port of Spain06:19 → 08:4917:4099 min17:400 min12 Nov
London10:19 → 12:4916:14120 min16:130 min12 Nov
Durban12:19 → 14:4918:2783 min18:280 min12 Nov
Dubai14:19 → 16:4917:32104 min17:320 min12 Nov
Delhi15:49 → 18:1917:28106 min17:2851 min12 Nov
Kolkata15:49 → 18:1916:54103 min16:5386 min12 Nov
Singapore18:19 → 20:4918:5196 min18:5196 min13 Nov
Sydney21:19 → 23:4919:340 min19:3581 min13 Nov
Suva22:19 → 00:4918:180 min18:1988 min13 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
yama-dipadana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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