Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 1939

Sunday 12 November

Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two forenoons

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

Forenoon of Saturday 11 November

Qualifies with 27 of 196 minutes. Not taken.

07:05 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:21
Pratipadā begins 09:54:17
06:4107:2908:1709:0509:5310:41

27 of 196 minutes covered, the last 27

Forenoon of Sunday 12 November

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

07:07 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:22
Pratipadā ends 08:22:46
06:4307:3108:1909:0709:5510:43

76 of 195 minutes covered, the first 76

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 09:54 on Sat 11 Nov to 08:23 on Sun 12 Nov.

    1939-11-11T07:54:17Z → 1939-11-12T06:22:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:05–10:21 on the 11th, 07:07–10:22 on the 12th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 27 of 196 minutes on the 11th and 76 of 195 on the 12th.

    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 1621 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dyūta Pratipad, Bucharest, 1939: Sunday 12 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Dyūta Pratipad 1939 falls on Sunday 12 November. Pratipadā runs from 09:54 on Sat 11 Nov to 08:23 on Sun 12 Nov and covers 76 of 195 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 27 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1939/dyuta-pratipad · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 12 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 11thCoveredSunrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:54 → 22:2306:22210 min06:220 min11 Nov
Chicago01:54 → 00:2306:35200 min06:360 min11 Nov
Jersey City02:54 → 01:2306:38201 min06:390 min11 Nov
Port of Spain03:54 → 02:2306:00233 min06:000 min11 Nov
London08:54 → 07:2308:10139 min08:120 min11 Nov
Durban09:54 → 08:2304:550 min04:55208 min12 Nov
Dubai11:54 → 10:2306:320 min06:33220 min12 Nov
Delhi13:24 → 11:5306:400 min06:41216 min12 Nov
Kolkata13:24 → 11:5305:460 min05:47222 min12 Nov
Singapore15:14 → 13:4306:070 min06:07241 min12 Nov
Sydney17:54 → 16:2304:480 min04:47275 min12 Nov
Suva19:54 → 18:2305:240 min05:23258 min12 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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