Ruling · Yama Dīpadāna · 2090

Friday 20 October

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Trayodaśī 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 20 October

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

17:33 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:17
17:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:33

0 of 104 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 21 October

Trayodaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:31 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:16
Trayodaśī ends 17:08:42
17:0717:3117:5518:1918:4319:0719:31

0 of 105 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 20:30 on Fri 20 Oct to 17:09 on Sat 21 Oct.

    2090-10-20T12:29:32Z → 2090-10-21T09:08:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:33–19:17 on the 20th, 17:31–19:16 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 104 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 105 on the 21st.

    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 1355 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 2090: Friday 20 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 2090 falls on Friday 20 October. Trayodaśī runs from 20:30 on Fri 20 Oct to 17:09 on Sat 21 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2090/yama-dipadana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 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/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 20thCoveredSunset 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:30 → 02:0918:12103 min18:110 min20 Oct
Chicago07:30 → 04:0918:01105 min17:590 min20 Oct
Jersey City08:30 → 05:0918:08105 min18:060 min20 Oct
Port of Spain08:30 → 05:0917:4697 min17:460 min20 Oct
London13:30 → 10:0917:56109 min17:540 min20 Oct
Durban14:30 → 11:0918:0988 min18:100 min20 Oct
Dubai16:30 → 13:0917:47100 min17:460 min20 Oct
Delhi18:00 → 14:3917:4688 min17:450 min20 Oct
Kolkata18:00 → 14:3917:0747 min17:060 min20 Oct
Singapore20:30 → 17:0918:520 min18:520 min20 Oct
Sydney23:30 → 20:0919:130 min19:1455 min21 Oct
Suva00:30 → 21:0918:090 min18:0991 min21 Oct
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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