Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1981

Wednesday 28 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 590 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 27 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:33 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:23
16:0916:3316:5717:2117:4518:0918:3318:57

0 of 110 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 28 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

16:32 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:22
16:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:56

110 of 110 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 04:13 on Wed 28 Oct to 06:24 on Thu 29 Oct.

    1981-10-27T20:13:16Z → 1981-10-28T22:24:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:33–18:23 on the 27th, 16:32–18:22 on the 28th.

    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 110 minutes on the 27th and 110 of 110 on the 28th.

    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 35429 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1981: Wednesday 28 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1981 falls on Wednesday 28 October. Pratipadā runs from 04:13 on Wed 28 Oct to 06:24 on Thu 29 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1981/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 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 27thCoveredSunset 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:13 → 14:2417:05105 min17:040 min27 Oct
Chicago14:13 → 16:2416:51108 min16:500 min27 Oct
Jersey City15:13 → 17:2416:59107 min16:5727 min27 Oct
Port of Spain16:13 → 18:2417:4398 min17:4341 min27 Oct
London20:13 → 22:2416:430 min16:41113 min28 Oct
Durban22:13 → 00:2418:140 min18:1487 min28 Oct
Dubai00:13 → 02:2417:420 min17:41102 min28 Oct
Delhi01:43 → 03:5417:400 min17:39103 min28 Oct
Kolkata01:43 → 03:5417:020 min17:02101 min28 Oct
Singapore03:43 → 05:5418:210 min18:2095 min28 Oct
Sydney07:13 → 09:2419:180 min19:1985 min28 Oct
Suva08:13 → 10:2418:110 min18:1190 min28 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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