Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1939

Saturday 11 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 18 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

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

Evening of Saturday 11 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

16:13 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:08
Pratipadā begins 15:54:17
15:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:37

115 of 115 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 12 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:07
15:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:35

0 of 116 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 15:54 on Sat 11 Nov to 14:23 on Sun 12 Nov.

    1939-11-11T07:54:17Z → 1939-11-12T06:22:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:13–18:08 on the 11th, 16:11–18:07 on the 12th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 115 of 115 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 116 on the 12th.

    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 1098 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1939: Saturday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1939 falls on Saturday 11 November. Pratipadā runs from 15:54 on Sat 11 Nov to 14:23 on Sun 12 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1939/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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 11thCoveredSunset 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:54 → 22:2316:52108 min16:510 min11 Nov
Chicago01:54 → 00:2316:34112 min16:330 min11 Nov
Jersey City02:54 → 01:2316:42112 min16:410 min11 Nov
Port of Spain03:54 → 02:2317:4099 min17:400 min11 Nov
London08:54 → 07:2317:18119 min17:160 min11 Nov
Durban09:54 → 08:2318:2584 min18:260 min11 Nov
Dubai11:54 → 10:2317:33104 min17:330 min11 Nov
Delhi13:24 → 11:5317:30105 min17:290 min11 Nov
Kolkata13:24 → 11:5316:54103 min16:540 min11 Nov
Singapore15:14 → 13:4318:1096 min18:100 min11 Nov
Sydney17:54 → 16:2318:3182 min18:320 min11 Nov
Suva19:54 → 18:2318:170 min18:185 min12 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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