Evening of Monday 9 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
16:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:09
15:5016:1416:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:38
115 of 115 minutes covered
Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 2026
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 Monday 9 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
115 of 115 minutes covered
Evening of Tuesday 10 November
Qualifies with 18 of 115 minutes. Not taken.
18 of 115 minutes covered, the first 18
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 15:02 on Mon 9 Nov to 16:31 on Tue 10 Nov.
2026-11-09T07:02:07Z → 2026-11-10T08:30:37Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:14–18:09 on the 9th, 16:13–18:08 on the 10th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 115 of 115 minutes on the 9th and 18 of 115 on the 10th.
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 1079 s
Ruling
Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 2026: Monday 9 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 2026 falls on Monday 9 November. Pratipadā runs from 15:02 on Mon 9 Nov to 16:31 on Tue 10 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 18 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 | Mon 9 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 9 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 9 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 9th | Covered | Sunset 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:02 → 00:31 | 16:53 | 108 min | 16:52 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Chicago | 01:02 → 02:31 | 16:35 | 112 min | 16:34 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Jersey City | 02:02 → 03:31 | 16:43 | 111 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 03:02 → 04:31 | 17:40 | 99 min | 17:40 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| London | 07:02 → 08:31 | 16:20 | 119 min | 16:18 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Durban | 09:02 → 10:31 | 18:24 | 84 min | 18:25 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Dubai | 11:02 → 12:31 | 17:33 | 104 min | 17:33 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 12:32 → 14:01 | 17:30 | 105 min | 17:30 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 12:32 → 14:01 | 16:55 | 103 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 15:02 → 16:31 | 18:50 | 96 min | 18:50 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 18:02 → 19:31 | 19:30 | 82 min | 19:31 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 19:02 → 20:31 | 18:16 | 43 min | 18:17 | 89 min | 10 Nov |