Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1936

Saturday 14 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 60 minutes.

Decide it for

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46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two evenings

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

Evening of Saturday 14 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

16:08 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:05
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:32

116 of 116 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 15 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:04
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:31

0 of 117 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 12:42 on Sat 14 Nov to 15:07 on Sun 15 Nov.

    1936-11-14T04:41:55Z → 1936-11-15T07:06:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:08–18:05 on the 14th, 16:07–18:04 on the 15th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 116 of 116 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 117 on the 15th.

    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 3625 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1936: Saturday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1936 falls on Saturday 14 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:42 on Sat 14 Nov to 15:07 on Sun 15 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1936/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 14 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 14thCoveredSunset 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:42 → 23:0716:50109 min16:490 min14 Nov
Chicago23:42 → 01:0717:31113 min16:300 min14 Nov
Jersey City23:42 → 02:0716:39113 min16:380 min14 Nov
Port of Spain00:42 → 03:0717:4099 min17:400 min14 Nov
London04:42 → 07:0716:12121 min16:110 min14 Nov
Durban06:42 → 09:0718:2883 min18:290 min14 Nov
Dubai08:42 → 11:0717:31105 min17:310 min14 Nov
Delhi10:12 → 12:3717:28106 min17:270 min14 Nov
Kolkata10:12 → 12:3716:53103 min16:530 min14 Nov
Singapore12:02 → 14:2718:1196 min18:110 min14 Nov
Sydney14:42 → 17:0718:3581 min18:360 min14 Nov
Suva16:42 → 19:0718:1988 min18:2047 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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