Forenoon of Wednesday 28 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:16 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:41
05:5206:4007:2808:1609:0409:52
205 of 205 minutes covered
Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 1981
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Forenoon of Wednesday 28 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
205 of 205 minutes covered
Forenoon of Thursday 29 October
Qualifies with 7 of 204 minutes. Not taken.
7 of 204 minutes covered, the first 7
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
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:16–09:41 on the 28th, 06:17–09:41 on the 29th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 205 of 205 minutes on the 28th and 7 of 204 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 442 s
Ruling
Dyūta Pratipad, Daqing, 1981: Wednesday 28 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Dyūta Pratipad 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 pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 7 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 28 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 28 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 28 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/dyuta-pratipad · 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 | Sunrise 27th | Covered | Sunrise 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:13 → 14:24 | 06:09 | 0 min | 06:09 | 218 min | 28 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:13 → 16:24 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:18 | 210 min | 28 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:13 → 17:24 | 06:21 | 0 min | 06:22 | 212 min | 28 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:13 → 18:24 | 05:57 | 0 min | 05:57 | 235 min | 28 Oct |
| London | 20:13 → 22:24 | 06:45 | 0 min | 06:47 | 198 min | 28 Oct |
| Durban | 22:13 → 00:24 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:05 | 263 min | 28 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:13 → 02:24 | 06:23 | 0 min | 06:24 | 226 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 01:43 → 03:54 | 06:30 | 0 min | 06:30 | 223 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 01:43 → 03:54 | 05:38 | 0 min | 05:39 | 228 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:43 → 05:54 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:16 | 241 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 07:13 → 09:24 | 06:01 | 0 min | 06:00 | 193 min | 29 Oct |
| Suva | 08:13 → 10:24 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:30 | 90 min | 29 Oct |