Evening of Friday 31 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:57
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16
101 of 101 minutes covered
Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1997
Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
Decide it for
22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Friday 31 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
101 of 101 minutes covered
Evening of Saturday 1 November
Qualifies with 6 of 102 minutes. Not taken.
6 of 102 minutes covered, the first 6
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 16:01 on Fri 31 Oct to 17:21 on Sat 1 Nov.
1997-10-31T10:01:03Z → 1997-11-01T11:21:23Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–18:57 on the 31st, 17:15–18:57 on the 1st.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 101 of 101 minutes on the 31st and 6 of 102 on the 1st.
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 363 s
Ruling
Bali Pūjā, Chattogram, 1997: Friday 31 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Chattogram, Bali Pūjā 1997 falls on Friday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 16:01 on Fri 31 Oct to 17:21 on Sat 1 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 6 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 | Fri 31 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 31 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 31 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
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 31st | Covered | Sunset 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:01 → 03:21 | 17:01 | 106 min | 17:00 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:01 → 05:21 | 16:46 | 109 min | 16:44 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:01 → 06:21 | 16:53 | 108 min | 16:52 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 06:01 → 07:21 | 17:42 | 98 min | 17:42 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| London | 10:01 → 11:21 | 16:35 | 115 min | 16:33 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Durban | 12:01 → 13:21 | 18:17 | 86 min | 18:18 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Dubai | 14:01 → 15:21 | 17:39 | 102 min | 17:38 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:31 → 16:51 | 17:37 | 104 min | 17:36 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:31 → 16:51 | 17:00 | 102 min | 16:59 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:01 → 19:21 | 18:50 | 95 min | 18:50 | 31 min | 31 Oct |
| Sydney | 21:01 → 22:21 | 19:22 | 0 min | 19:23 | 84 min | 1 Nov |
| Suva | 22:01 → 23:21 | 18:12 | 0 min | 18:13 | 90 min | 1 Nov |