Forenoon of Friday 21 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:07 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:38
Pratipadā begins 07:36:30
05:4306:3107:1908:0708:5509:43
122 of 212 minutes covered, the last 122
Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 2044
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Forenoon of Friday 21 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
122 of 212 minutes covered, the last 122
Forenoon of Saturday 22 October
Qualifies with 91 of 211 minutes. Not taken.
91 of 211 minutes covered, the first 91
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 07:37 on Fri 21 Oct to 07:39 on Sat 22 Oct.
2044-10-20T23:36:31Z → 2044-10-21T23:39:15Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:07–09:38 on the 21st, 06:08–09:39 on the 22nd.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 122 of 212 minutes on the 21st and 91 of 211 on the 22nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 5399 s
Ruling
Dyūta Pratipad, Daqing, 2044: Friday 21 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Dyūta Pratipad 2044 falls on Friday 21 October. Pratipadā runs from 07:37 on Fri 21 Oct to 07:39 on Sat 22 Oct and covers 122 of 212 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 91 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 | Fri 21 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 21 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 21 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/dyuta-pratipad · 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 | Sunrise 20th | Covered | Sunrise 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:37 → 16:39 | 07:03 | 0 min | 07:04 | 222 min | 21 Oct |
| Chicago | 18:37 → 18:39 | 07:10 | 0 min | 07:11 | 216 min | 21 Oct |
| Jersey City | 19:37 → 19:39 | 07:14 | 0 min | 07:15 | 217 min | 21 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:37 → 19:39 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:56 | 236 min | 21 Oct |
| London | 00:37 → 00:39 | 07:34 | 0 min | 07:36 | 206 min | 21 Oct |
| Durban | 01:37 → 01:39 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:11 | 260 min | 21 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:37 → 03:39 | 06:20 | 0 min | 06:20 | 228 min | 21 Oct |
| Delhi | 05:07 → 05:09 | 06:25 | 0 min | 06:26 | 226 min | 21 Oct |
| Kolkata | 05:07 → 05:09 | 05:36 | 0 min | 05:36 | 230 min | 21 Oct |
| Singapore | 07:37 → 07:39 | 06:47 | 0 min | 06:47 | 192 min | 21 Oct |
| Sydney | 10:37 → 10:39 | 06:08 | 0 min | 06:07 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Suva | 11:37 → 11:39 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:33 | 0 min | 22 Oct |