Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1920

Wednesday 10 November

Boundaryin Luanda, 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 Wednesday 10 November

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

18:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
17:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:4120:05

92 of 92 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 11 November

Qualifies with 23 of 92 minutes. Not taken.

18:06 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
Pratipadā ends 18:28:14
17:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:4220:06

23 of 92 minutes covered, the first 23

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 17:05 on Wed 10 Nov to 18:28 on Thu 11 Nov.

    1920-11-10T16:04:48Z → 1920-11-11T17:28:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:05–19:38 on the 10th, 18:06–19:38 on the 11th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 92 of 92 minutes on the 10th and 23 of 92 on the 11th.

    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 1350 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Luanda, 1920: Wednesday 10 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Luanda, Bali Pūjā 1920 falls on Wednesday 10 November. Pratipadā runs from 17:05 on Wed 10 Nov to 18:28 on Thu 11 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 23 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/1920/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda.

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 10thCoveredSunset 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:05 → 09:2816:52108 min16:520 min10 Nov
Chicago10:05 → 11:2816:35112 min16:340 min10 Nov
Jersey City11:05 → 12:2816:43111 min16:420 min10 Nov
Port of Spain12:05 → 13:2817:4099 min17:400 min10 Nov
London16:05 → 17:2816:19119 min16:1771 min10 Nov
Durban18:05 → 19:2818:2584 min18:2563 min10 Nov
Dubai20:05 → 21:2817:330 min17:33104 min11 Nov
Delhi21:35 → 22:5817:300 min17:29106 min11 Nov
Kolkata21:35 → 22:5816:550 min16:54103 min11 Nov
Singapore23:05 → 00:2817:500 min17:5096 min11 Nov
Sydney02:05 → 03:2818:310 min18:3282 min11 Nov
Suva04:05 → 05:2818:170 min18:1789 min11 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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