Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1944

Tuesday 17 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 78 minutes.

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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 Tuesday 17 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:50 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:36
17:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:50

105 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 18 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:49 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:34
17:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:2519:49

0 of 106 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 14:35 on Tue 17 Oct to 16:31 on Wed 18 Oct.

    1944-10-17T05:34:45Z → 1944-10-18T07:30:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:50–19:36 on the 17th, 17:49–19:34 on the 18th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 106 on the 18th.

    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 4675 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1944: Tuesday 17 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1944 falls on Tuesday 17 October. Pratipadā runs from 14:35 on Tue 17 Oct to 16:31 on Wed 18 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1944/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 17 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 17 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 17 Oct
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 17thCoveredSunset 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:35 → 00:3118:16102 min18:150 min17 Oct
Chicago00:35 → 02:3118:06104 min18:040 min17 Oct
Jersey City01:35 → 03:3118:13104 min18:110 min17 Oct
Port of Spain02:35 → 04:3118:4797 min18:470 min17 Oct
London06:35 → 08:3118:03108 min18:010 min17 Oct
Durban07:35 → 09:3118:0789 min18:070 min17 Oct
Dubai09:35 → 11:3117:50100 min17:490 min17 Oct
Delhi12:05 → 14:0118:50101 min18:490 min17 Oct
Kolkata12:05 → 14:0118:1099 min18:090 min17 Oct
Singapore14:35 → 16:3119:5295 min19:520 min17 Oct
Sydney15:35 → 17:3118:1088 min18:100 min17 Oct
Suva17:35 → 19:3118:0792 min18:0883 min17 Oct
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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