Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1978

Wednesday 1 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 499 minutes.

Decide it for

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 31 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:18
16:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

0 of 111 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 1 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

16:26 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:17
16:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

112 of 112 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 04:07 on Wed 1 Nov to 02:37 on Thu 2 Nov.

    1978-10-31T20:06:31Z → 1978-11-01T18:36:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:27–18:18 on the 31st, 16:26–18:17 on the 1st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 31st and 112 of 112 on the 1st.

    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 29954 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1978: Wednesday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1978 falls on Wednesday 1 November. Pratipadā runs from 04:07 on Wed 1 Nov to 02:37 on Thu 2 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1978/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 31stCoveredSunset 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:07 → 10:3717:01106 min17:000 min31 Oct
Chicago14:07 → 12:3716:46109 min16:450 min31 Oct
Jersey City15:07 → 13:3716:54108 min16:530 min31 Oct
Port of Spain16:07 → 14:3717:4298 min17:420 min31 Oct
London20:07 → 18:3716:360 min16:34115 min1 Nov
Durban22:07 → 20:3718:170 min18:1786 min1 Nov
Dubai00:07 → 22:3717:390 min17:38102 min1 Nov
Delhi01:37 → 00:0717:370 min17:36104 min1 Nov
Kolkata01:37 → 00:0717:000 min16:59102 min1 Nov
Singapore03:37 → 02:0718:200 min18:2095 min1 Nov
Sydney07:07 → 05:3719:210 min19:2284 min1 Nov
Suva08:07 → 06:3718:120 min18:1390 min1 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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