Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1961

Thursday 9 November

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

Decide it for

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The two evenings

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

Evening of Wednesday 8 November

Qualifies with 11 of 114 minutes. Not taken.

16:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:10
Pratipadā begins 17:58:24
15:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:40

11 of 114 minutes covered, the last 11

Evening of Thursday 9 November

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

16:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:09
Pratipadā ends 17:35:45
15:5016:1416:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:38

81 of 115 minutes covered, the first 81

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 17:58 on Wed 8 Nov to 17:36 on Thu 9 Nov.

    1961-11-08T09:58:24Z → 1961-11-09T09:35:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:16–18:10 on the 8th, 16:14–18:09 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 11 of 114 minutes on the 8th and 81 of 115 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 689 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1961: Thursday 9 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1961 falls on Thursday 9 November. Pratipadā runs from 17:58 on Wed 8 Nov to 17:36 on Thu 9 Nov and covers 81 of 115 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 11 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1961/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 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 8thCoveredSunset 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:58 → 01:3616:54108 min16:530 min8 Nov
Chicago03:58 → 03:3616:37112 min16:350 min8 Nov
Jersey City04:58 → 04:3616:45111 min16:440 min8 Nov
Port of Spain05:58 → 05:3617:4099 min17:400 min8 Nov
London09:58 → 09:3616:22118 min16:200 min8 Nov
Durban11:58 → 11:3618:2384 min18:240 min8 Nov
Dubai13:58 → 13:3617:34104 min17:340 min8 Nov
Delhi15:28 → 15:0617:31105 min17:310 min8 Nov
Kolkata15:28 → 15:0616:55103 min16:550 min8 Nov
Singapore17:28 → 17:0618:2096 min18:200 min8 Nov
Sydney19:58 → 19:3618:290 min18:3066 min9 Nov
Suva21:58 → 21:3618:160 min18:1689 min9 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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