Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 1981

Wednesday 28 October

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

Decide it for

35°52′ N 128°36′ E · Asia/Seoul · GeoNames 1835329

The two forenoons

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.

06:44 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:21
06:2007:0807:5608:4409:3210:20

217 of 217 minutes covered

Forenoon of Thursday 29 October

Qualifies with 40 of 216 minutes. Not taken.

06:45 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:21
Pratipadā ends 07:24:19
06:2107:0907:5708:4509:3310:21

40 of 216 minutes covered, the first 40

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    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

  2. 02

    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′

  3. 03

    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

  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 2373 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dyūta Pratipad, Daegu, 1981: Wednesday 28 October.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

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.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1981/dyuta-pratipad · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 27thCoveredSunrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:13 → 14:2406:090 min06:09218 min28 Oct
Chicago14:13 → 16:2406:170 min06:18210 min28 Oct
Jersey City15:13 → 17:2406:210 min06:22212 min28 Oct
Port of Spain16:13 → 18:2405:570 min05:57235 min28 Oct
London20:13 → 22:2406:450 min06:47198 min28 Oct
Durban22:13 → 00:2405:060 min05:05263 min28 Oct
Dubai00:13 → 02:2406:230 min06:24226 min28 Oct
Delhi01:43 → 03:5406:300 min06:30223 min28 Oct
Kolkata01:43 → 03:5405:380 min05:39228 min28 Oct
Singapore03:43 → 05:5406:170 min06:16241 min28 Oct
Sydney07:13 → 09:2406:010 min06:00193 min29 Oct
Suva08:13 → 10:2405:300 min05:3090 min29 Oct
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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