Evening of Wednesday 10 November
Qualifies with 43 of 114 minutes. Not taken.
16:38 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:31
Pratipadā begins 17:49:12
16:1416:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:02
43 of 114 minutes covered, the last 43
Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1920
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Wednesday 10 November
Qualifies with 43 of 114 minutes. Not taken.
43 of 114 minutes covered, the last 43
Evening of Thursday 11 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
114 of 114 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 17:49 on Wed 10 Nov to 19:12 on Thu 11 Nov.
1920-11-10T16:04:48Z → 1920-11-11T17:28:14Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:38–18:31 on the 10th, 16:37–18:31 on the 11th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 43 of 114 minutes on the 10th and 114 of 114 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2495 s
Ruling
Bali Pūjā, Bucharest, 1920: Thursday 11 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Bali Pūjā 1920 falls on Thursday 11 November. Pratipadā runs from 17:49 on Wed 10 Nov to 19:12 on Thu 11 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 43 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 11 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 11 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 11 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunset 10th | Covered | Sunset 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:05 → 09:28 | 16:52 | 108 min | 16:52 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Chicago | 10:05 → 11:28 | 16:35 | 112 min | 16:34 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Jersey City | 11:05 → 12:28 | 16:43 | 111 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 12:05 → 13:28 | 17:40 | 99 min | 17:40 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| London | 16:05 → 17:28 | 16:19 | 119 min | 16:17 | 71 min | 10 Nov |
| Durban | 18:05 → 19:28 | 18:25 | 84 min | 18:25 | 63 min | 10 Nov |
| Dubai | 20:05 → 21:28 | 17:33 | 0 min | 17:33 | 104 min | 11 Nov |
| Delhi | 21:35 → 22:58 | 17:30 | 0 min | 17:29 | 106 min | 11 Nov |
| Kolkata | 21:35 → 22:58 | 16:55 | 0 min | 16:54 | 103 min | 11 Nov |
| Singapore | 23:05 → 00:28 | 17:50 | 0 min | 17:50 | 96 min | 11 Nov |
| Sydney | 02:05 → 03:28 | 18:31 | 0 min | 18:32 | 82 min | 11 Nov |
| Suva | 04:05 → 05:28 | 18:17 | 0 min | 18:17 | 89 min | 11 Nov |