Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2002

Tuesday 5 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 415 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 Monday 4 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

0 of 113 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 5 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

16:20 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:13
15:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44

113 of 113 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 04:34 on Tue 5 Nov to 01:07 on Wed 6 Nov.

    2002-11-04T20:34:27Z → 2002-11-05T17:07:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:21–18:14 on the 4th, 16:20–18:13 on the 5th.

    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 113 minutes on the 4th and 113 of 113 on the 5th.

    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 24882 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 2002: Tuesday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 2002 falls on Tuesday 5 November. Pratipadā runs from 04:34 on Tue 5 Nov to 01:07 on Wed 6 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2002/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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 4thCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:34 → 09:0716:57107 min16:560 min4 Nov
Chicago14:34 → 11:0716:41110 min16:400 min4 Nov
Jersey City15:34 → 12:0716:49110 min16:480 min4 Nov
Port of Spain16:34 → 13:0717:4198 min17:410 min4 Nov
London20:34 → 17:0716:280 min16:2641 min5 Nov
Durban22:34 → 19:0718:200 min18:2147 min5 Nov
Dubai00:34 → 21:0717:360 min17:36103 min5 Nov
Delhi02:04 → 22:3717:340 min17:33104 min5 Nov
Kolkata02:04 → 22:3716:570 min16:57102 min5 Nov
Singapore04:34 → 01:0718:500 min18:5096 min5 Nov
Sydney07:34 → 04:0719:250 min19:2683 min5 Nov
Suva08:34 → 05:0718:140 min18:1489 min5 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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