Evening of Wednesday 4 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
16:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:14
15:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45
113 of 113 minutes covered
Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1964
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Wednesday 4 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
113 of 113 minutes covered
Evening of Thursday 5 November
Qualifies with 28 of 113 minutes. Not taken.
28 of 113 minutes covered, the first 28
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 15:16 on Wed 4 Nov to 16:47 on Thu 5 Nov.
1964-11-04T07:16:18Z → 1964-11-05T08:47:12Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:21–18:14 on the 4th, 16:19–18:13 on the 5th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 113 of 113 minutes on the 4th and 28 of 113 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1675 s
Ruling
Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1964: Wednesday 4 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1964 falls on Wednesday 4 November. Pratipadā runs from 15:16 on Wed 4 Nov to 16:47 on Thu 5 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 28 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 4 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 4 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 4 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunset 4th | Covered | Sunset 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:16 → 00:47 | 16:57 | 107 min | 16:56 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Chicago | 01:16 → 02:47 | 16:41 | 110 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Jersey City | 02:16 → 03:47 | 16:49 | 110 min | 16:48 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 03:16 → 04:47 | 17:41 | 98 min | 17:41 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| London | 07:16 → 08:47 | 16:28 | 116 min | 16:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Durban | 09:16 → 10:47 | 18:20 | 85 min | 18:21 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 11:16 → 12:47 | 17:36 | 103 min | 17:36 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 12:46 → 14:17 | 17:34 | 104 min | 17:33 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 12:46 → 14:17 | 16:57 | 102 min | 16:57 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 14:46 → 16:17 | 18:20 | 96 min | 18:20 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 17:16 → 18:47 | 18:25 | 84 min | 18:26 | 21 min | 4 Nov |
| Suva | 19:16 → 20:47 | 18:14 | 27 min | 18:15 | 89 min | 5 Nov |