Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 2088

Saturday 13 November

Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

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

Evening of Saturday 13 November

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

16:08 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:05
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:32

116 of 116 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 14 November

Qualifies with 8 of 117 minutes. Not taken.

16:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:04
Pratipadā ends 16:15:27
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:31

8 of 117 minutes covered, the first 8

Pratipadā presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 14:33 on Sat 13 Nov to 16:15 on Sun 14 Nov.

    2088-11-13T06:33:10Z → 2088-11-14T08:15:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:08–18:05 on the 13th, 16:07–18:04 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 116 of 116 minutes on the 13th and 8 of 117 on the 14th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 504 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 2088: Saturday 13 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 2088 falls on Saturday 13 November. Pratipadā runs from 14:33 on Sat 13 Nov to 16:15 on Sun 14 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 8 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2088/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 Nov
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 13thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:33 → 00:1516:50109 min16:490 min13 Nov
Chicago00:33 → 02:1516:31113 min16:300 min13 Nov
Jersey City01:33 → 03:1516:39113 min16:380 min13 Nov
Port of Spain02:33 → 04:1517:4099 min17:400 min13 Nov
London06:33 → 08:1516:12121 min16:110 min13 Nov
Durban08:33 → 10:1518:2883 min18:290 min13 Nov
Dubai10:33 → 12:1517:31105 min17:310 min13 Nov
Delhi12:03 → 13:4517:28106 min17:270 min13 Nov
Kolkata12:03 → 13:4516:53103 min16:530 min13 Nov
Singapore14:33 → 16:1518:5196 min18:510 min13 Nov
Sydney17:33 → 19:1519:3581 min19:360 min13 Nov
Suva18:33 → 20:1518:1974 min18:2088 min14 Nov
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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