Forenoon of Wednesday 28 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
217 of 217 minutes covered
Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 1981
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Forenoon of Wednesday 28 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
217 of 217 minutes covered
Forenoon of Thursday 29 October
Qualifies with 40 of 216 minutes. Not taken.
40 of 216 minutes covered, the first 40
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 05:13 on Wed 28 Oct to 07:24 on Thu 29 Oct.
1981-10-27T20:13:16Z → 1981-10-28T22:24:20Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:44–10:21 on the 28th, 06:45–10:21 on the 29th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 217 of 217 minutes on the 28th and 40 of 216 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2373 s
Ruling
Dyūta Pratipad, Daegu, 1981: Wednesday 28 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daegu, Dyūta Pratipad 1981 falls on Wednesday 28 October. Pratipadā runs from 05:13 on Wed 28 Oct to 07:24 on Thu 29 Oct and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 40 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 | Wed 28 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 28 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 28 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/dyuta-pratipad · 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 | Sunrise 27th | Covered | Sunrise 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:13 → 14:24 | 06:09 | 0 min | 06:09 | 218 min | 28 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:13 → 16:24 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:18 | 210 min | 28 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:13 → 17:24 | 06:21 | 0 min | 06:22 | 212 min | 28 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:13 → 18:24 | 05:57 | 0 min | 05:57 | 235 min | 28 Oct |
| London | 20:13 → 22:24 | 06:45 | 0 min | 06:47 | 198 min | 28 Oct |
| Durban | 22:13 → 00:24 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:05 | 263 min | 28 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:13 → 02:24 | 06:23 | 0 min | 06:24 | 226 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 01:43 → 03:54 | 06:30 | 0 min | 06:30 | 223 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 01:43 → 03:54 | 05:38 | 0 min | 05:39 | 228 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:43 → 05:54 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:16 | 241 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 07:13 → 09:24 | 06:01 | 0 min | 06:00 | 193 min | 29 Oct |
| Suva | 08:13 → 10:24 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:30 | 90 min | 29 Oct |