Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1925

Saturday 17 October

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

Decide it for

8°50′ S 13°14′ E · Africa/Luanda · GeoNames 2240449

The two evenings

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

Evening of Saturday 17 October

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

18:01 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:35
Pratipadā begins 19:05:35
17:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01

29 of 94 minutes covered, the last 29

Evening of Sunday 18 October

Qualifies with 22 of 94 minutes. Not taken.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:35
Pratipadā ends 18:23:41
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

22 of 94 minutes covered, the first 22

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 19:06 on Sat 17 Oct to 18:24 on Sun 18 Oct.

    1925-10-17T18:05:36Z → 1925-10-18T17:23:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:01–19:35 on the 17th, 18:02–19:35 on the 18th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 29 of 94 minutes on the 17th and 22 of 94 on the 18th.

    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 1330 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Luanda, 1925: Saturday 17 October.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Luanda, Bali Pūjā 1925 falls on Saturday 17 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:06 on Sat 17 Oct to 18:24 on Sun 18 Oct and covers 29 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 22 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/1925/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 Oct
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 17thCoveredSunset 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:06 → 09:2417:17102 min17:150 min17 Oct
Chicago12:06 → 11:2417:06104 min17:050 min17 Oct
Jersey City13:06 → 12:2417:13104 min17:120 min17 Oct
Port of Spain14:06 → 13:2417:4897 min17:470 min17 Oct
London18:06 → 17:2417:0446 min17:0222 min17 Oct
Durban20:06 → 19:2418:060 min18:0777 min18 Oct
Dubai22:06 → 21:2417:500 min17:49100 min18 Oct
Delhi23:36 → 22:5417:500 min17:49101 min18 Oct
Kolkata23:36 → 22:5417:100 min17:0999 min18 Oct
Singapore01:06 → 00:2417:520 min17:5295 min18 Oct
Sydney04:06 → 03:2418:090 min18:1088 min18 Oct
Suva06:06 → 05:2418:070 min18:0792 min18 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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