Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2099

Thursday 12 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

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The two evenings

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

Evening of Thursday 12 November

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

17:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:58
16:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:4319:0719:31

0 of 111 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 13 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

0 of 111 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 19:32 on Thu 12 Nov to 16:35 on Fri 13 Nov.

    2099-11-12T11:31:30Z → 2099-11-13T08:35:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:07–18:58 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

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 111 on the 13th.

    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 1864 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2099: Thursday 12 November.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2099 falls on Thursday 12 November. Pratipadā runs from 19:32 on Thu 12 Nov to 16:35 on Fri 13 Nov, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2099/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 12 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 12thCoveredSunset 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:32 → 00:3516:51109 min16:500 min12 Nov
Chicago05:32 → 02:3516:32113 min16:310 min12 Nov
Jersey City06:32 → 03:3516:41112 min16:400 min12 Nov
Port of Spain07:32 → 04:3517:4099 min17:400 min12 Nov
London11:32 → 08:3516:15120 min16:130 min12 Nov
Durban13:32 → 10:3518:2784 min18:280 min12 Nov
Dubai15:32 → 12:3517:32104 min17:320 min12 Nov
Delhi17:02 → 14:0517:29106 min17:280 min12 Nov
Kolkata17:02 → 14:0516:5496 min16:540 min12 Nov
Singapore19:32 → 16:3518:5155 min18:510 min12 Nov
Sydney22:32 → 19:3519:330 min19:341 min13 Nov
Suva23:32 → 20:3518:180 min18:1989 min13 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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