Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 2012

Wednesday 14 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 103 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two evenings

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

Evening of Tuesday 13 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:50 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:45
16:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14

0 of 115 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 14 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

16:49 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:44
16:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:13

115 of 115 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 00:08 on Wed 14 Nov to 20:26 on Wed 14 Nov.

    2012-11-13T22:08:00Z → 2012-11-14T18:26:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:50–18:45 on the 13th, 16:49–18:44 on the 14th.

    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 115 minutes on the 13th and 115 of 115 on the 14th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 6156 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Bucharest, 2012: Wednesday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Bali Pūjā 2012 falls on Wednesday 14 November. Pratipadā runs from 00:08 on Wed 14 Nov to 20:26 on Wed 14 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2012/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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/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 13thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:08 → 10:2616:50109 min16:490 min13 Nov
Chicago16:08 → 12:2616:31113 min16:300 min13 Nov
Jersey City17:08 → 13:2616:3984 min16:380 min13 Nov
Port of Spain18:08 → 14:2617:4071 min17:400 min13 Nov
London22:08 → 18:2616:130 min16:12121 min14 Nov
Durban00:08 → 20:2618:280 min18:2883 min14 Nov
Dubai02:08 → 22:2617:310 min17:31105 min14 Nov
Delhi03:38 → 23:5617:280 min17:27106 min14 Nov
Kolkata03:38 → 23:5616:530 min16:53104 min14 Nov
Singapore06:08 → 02:2618:510 min18:5196 min14 Nov
Sydney09:08 → 05:2619:340 min19:3581 min14 Nov
Suva11:08 → 07:2619:190 min19:1988 min14 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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