Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2000

Friday 27 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 34 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Friday 27 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

Evening of Saturday 28 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:31 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:21
16:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55

0 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 15:58 on Fri 27 Oct to 15:43 on Sat 28 Oct.

    2000-10-27T07:58:01Z → 2000-10-28T07:42:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:32–18:22 on the 27th, 16:31–18:21 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 110 of 110 minutes on the 27th and 0 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 2068 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 2000: Friday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 2000 falls on Friday 27 October. Pratipadā runs from 15:58 on Fri 27 Oct to 15:43 on Sat 28 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2000/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 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 Angeles00:58 → 00:4318:04105 min18:030 min27 Oct
Chicago02:58 → 02:4317:51108 min17:490 min27 Oct
Jersey City03:58 → 03:4317:58107 min17:570 min27 Oct
Port of Spain03:58 → 03:4317:4398 min17:430 min27 Oct
London08:58 → 08:4317:42113 min17:400 min27 Oct
Durban09:58 → 09:4318:1487 min18:150 min27 Oct
Dubai11:58 → 11:4317:41102 min17:410 min27 Oct
Delhi13:28 → 13:1317:40103 min17:390 min27 Oct
Kolkata13:28 → 13:1317:02101 min17:010 min27 Oct
Singapore15:58 → 15:4318:5095 min18:500 min27 Oct
Sydney18:58 → 18:4319:1885 min19:190 min27 Oct
Suva19:58 → 19:4318:110 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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