Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 2008

Wednesday 29 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 459 minutes.

Decide it for

DaqingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Wednesday 29 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

16:29 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:20
16:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53

111 of 111 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 30 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:19
16:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

0 of 111 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 07:14 on Wed 29 Oct to 08:49 on Thu 30 Oct.

    2008-10-28T23:13:51Z → 2008-10-30T00:48:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:29–18:20 on the 29th, 16:28–18:19 on the 30th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 111 of 111 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 111 on the 30th.

    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 27536 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 2008: Wednesday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 2008 falls on Wednesday 29 October. Pratipadā runs from 07:14 on Wed 29 Oct to 08:49 on Thu 30 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2008/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 29 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 28thCoveredSunset 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:14 → 17:4918:03105 min18:010 min28 Oct
Chicago18:14 → 19:4917:4983 min17:460 min29 Oct
Jersey City19:14 → 20:4917:5731 min17:540 min29 Oct
Port of Spain19:14 → 20:4917:437 min17:420 min29 Oct
London23:14 → 00:4916:400 min16:360 min29 Oct
Durban01:14 → 02:4918:150 min18:160 min29 Oct
Dubai03:14 → 04:4917:410 min17:390 min29 Oct
Delhi04:44 → 06:1917:390 min17:370 min29 Oct
Kolkata04:44 → 06:1917:010 min17:000 min29 Oct
Singapore07:14 → 08:4918:500 min18:500 min29 Oct
Sydney10:14 → 11:4919:190 min19:210 min29 Oct
Suva11:14 → 12:4918:110 min18:120 min29 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

About Ahargaṇa