Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 2065

Thursday 29 October

Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

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The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Thursday 29 October

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.

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

0 of 111 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 30 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:19
Pratipadā ends 16:05:02
16:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

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 19:49 on Thu 29 Oct to 16:05 on Fri 30 Oct.

    2065-10-29T11:49:06Z → 2065-10-30T08:05:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:29–18:20 on the 29th, 16:27–18:19 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 0 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

    Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 1346 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 2065: Thursday 29 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 2065 falls on Thursday 29 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:49 on Thu 29 Oct to 16:05 on Fri 30 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2065/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 29thCoveredSunset 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:49 → 01:0518:02105 min18:010 min29 Oct
Chicago06:49 → 03:0517:48109 min17:460 min29 Oct
Jersey City07:49 → 04:0517:55108 min17:540 min29 Oct
Port of Spain07:49 → 04:0517:4298 min17:420 min29 Oct
London11:49 → 08:0516:38114 min16:360 min29 Oct
Durban13:49 → 10:0518:1686 min18:170 min29 Oct
Dubai15:49 → 12:0517:40102 min17:390 min29 Oct
Delhi17:19 → 13:3517:38103 min17:370 min29 Oct
Kolkata17:19 → 13:3517:0183 min17:000 min29 Oct
Singapore19:49 → 16:0518:5037 min18:500 min29 Oct
Sydney22:49 → 19:0519:200 min19:210 min29 Oct
Suva23:49 → 20:0518:120 min18:1290 min30 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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