Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 2074

Saturday 20 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 Saturday 20 October

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

16:44 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:31
16:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44

0 of 107 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 21 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

16:43 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:30
16:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:43

0 of 107 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 19:13 on Sat 20 Oct to 15:46 on Sun 21 Oct.

    2074-10-20T11:12:38Z → 2074-10-21T07:46:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:44–18:31 on the 20th, 16:43–18:30 on the 21st.

    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 107 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 107 on the 21st.

    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 2482 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 2074: Saturday 20 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 2074 falls on Saturday 20 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:13 on Sat 20 Oct to 15:46 on Sun 21 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2074/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 20 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 20thCoveredSunset 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:13 → 00:4618:12103 min18:110 min20 Oct
Chicago06:13 → 02:4618:01105 min17:590 min20 Oct
Jersey City07:13 → 03:4618:08105 min18:060 min20 Oct
Port of Spain07:13 → 03:4617:4697 min17:460 min20 Oct
London12:13 → 08:4617:56109 min17:540 min20 Oct
Durban13:13 → 09:4618:0988 min18:100 min20 Oct
Dubai15:13 → 11:4617:47100 min17:460 min20 Oct
Delhi16:43 → 13:1617:46101 min17:450 min20 Oct
Kolkata16:43 → 13:1617:07100 min17:060 min20 Oct
Singapore19:13 → 15:4618:5274 min18:520 min20 Oct
Sydney22:13 → 18:4619:130 min19:130 min20 Oct
Suva23:13 → 19:4618:080 min18:0991 min21 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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