Evening of Friday 31 October
Qualifies with 17 of 111 minutes. Not taken.
16:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:18
Pratipadā begins 18:01:03
16:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51
17 of 111 minutes covered, the last 17
Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 1997
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 Friday 31 October
Qualifies with 17 of 111 minutes. Not taken.
17 of 111 minutes covered, the last 17
Evening of Saturday 1 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
112 of 112 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 18:01 on Fri 31 Oct to 19:21 on Sat 1 Nov.
1997-10-31T10:01:03Z → 1997-11-01T11:21:23Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:27–18:18 on the 31st, 16:25–18:17 on the 1st.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 17 of 111 minutes on the 31st and 112 of 112 on the 1st.
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 1013 s
Ruling
Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1997: Saturday 1 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1997 falls on Saturday 1 November. Pratipadā runs from 18:01 on Fri 31 Oct to 19:21 on Sat 1 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 17 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 | Sat 1 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 1 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 1 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 31st | Covered | Sunset 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:01 → 03:21 | 17:01 | 106 min | 17:00 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:01 → 05:21 | 16:46 | 109 min | 16:44 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:01 → 06:21 | 16:53 | 108 min | 16:52 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 06:01 → 07:21 | 17:42 | 98 min | 17:42 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| London | 10:01 → 11:21 | 16:35 | 115 min | 16:33 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Durban | 12:01 → 13:21 | 18:17 | 86 min | 18:18 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Dubai | 14:01 → 15:21 | 17:39 | 102 min | 17:38 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:31 → 16:51 | 17:37 | 104 min | 17:36 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:31 → 16:51 | 17:00 | 102 min | 16:59 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:01 → 19:21 | 18:50 | 95 min | 18:50 | 31 min | 31 Oct |
| Sydney | 21:01 → 22:21 | 19:22 | 0 min | 19:23 | 84 min | 1 Nov |
| Suva | 22:01 → 23:21 | 18:12 | 0 min | 18:13 | 90 min | 1 Nov |