Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1994

Friday 4 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 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 Thursday 3 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:23 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:15
15:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47

0 of 112 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 4 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

16:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:14
Pratipadā ends 17:52:35
15:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

92 of 113 minutes covered, the first 92

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 21:35 on Thu 3 Nov to 17:53 on Fri 4 Nov.

    1994-11-03T13:35:29Z → 1994-11-04T09:52:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:23–18:15 on the 3rd, 16:21–18:14 on the 4th.

    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 112 minutes on the 3rd and 92 of 113 on the 4th.

    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 1276 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1994: Friday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1994 falls on Friday 4 November. Pratipadā runs from 21:35 on Thu 3 Nov to 17:53 on Fri 4 Nov and covers 92 of 113 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1994/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 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 3rdCoveredSunset 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:35 → 01:5316:58106 min16:570 min3 Nov
Chicago07:35 → 03:5316:42110 min16:410 min3 Nov
Jersey City08:35 → 04:5316:50109 min16:490 min3 Nov
Port of Spain09:35 → 05:5317:4198 min17:410 min3 Nov
London13:35 → 09:5316:30116 min16:280 min3 Nov
Durban15:35 → 11:5318:1985 min18:200 min3 Nov
Dubai17:35 → 13:5317:37103 min17:360 min3 Nov
Delhi19:05 → 15:2317:3513 min17:340 min3 Nov
Kolkata19:05 → 15:2316:580 min16:570 min3 Nov
Singapore21:35 → 17:5318:500 min18:500 min3 Nov
Sydney00:35 → 20:5319:240 min19:2584 min4 Nov
Suva01:35 → 21:5318:130 min18:1490 min4 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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