Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 2096

Friday 16 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons 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 forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Thursday 15 November

Qualifies with 105 of 201 minutes. Not taken.

07:02 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:23
Pratipadā begins 08:37:31
06:3807:2608:1409:0209:5010:38

105 of 201 minutes covered, the last 105

Forenoon of Friday 16 November

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

07:03 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:23
06:3907:2708:1509:0309:5110:39

200 of 200 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentPūrvāhṇa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 08:38 on Thu 15 Nov to 11:20 on Fri 16 Nov.

    2096-11-15T00:37:32Z → 2096-11-16T03:19:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:02–10:23 on the 15th, 07:03–10:23 on the 16th.

    purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 105 of 201 minutes on the 15th and 200 of 200 on the 16th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 3392 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dyūta Pratipad, Baoding, 2096: Friday 16 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dyūta Pratipad 2096 falls on Friday 16 November. Pratipadā runs from 08:38 on Thu 15 Nov to 11:20 on Fri 16 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 105 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/2096/dyuta-pratipad · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 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/dyuta-pratipad · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa
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.

PlacePratipadāSunrise 15thCoveredSunrise 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:38 → 19:2006:27207 min06:280 min15 Nov
Chicago18:38 → 21:2006:42196 min06:430 min15 Nov
Jersey City19:38 → 22:2006:45197 min06:460 min15 Nov
Port of Spain20:38 → 23:2006:02232 min06:030 min15 Nov
London00:38 → 03:2007:21176 min07:220 min15 Nov
Durban02:38 → 05:2004:52273 min04:5228 min15 Nov
Dubai04:38 → 07:2006:36218 min06:3742 min15 Nov
Delhi06:08 → 08:5006:45214 min06:46124 min15 Nov
Kolkata06:08 → 08:5005:50203 min05:51179 min15 Nov
Singapore08:38 → 11:2006:48131 min06:48241 min16 Nov
Sydney11:38 → 14:2005:440 min05:43278 min16 Nov
Suva12:38 → 15:2005:220 min05:22260 min16 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
dyuta-pratipad@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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