Forenoon of Friday 27 October
Qualifies with 49 of 248 minutes. Not taken.
05:40 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:47
Pratipadā begins 08:58:00
05:1606:0406:5207:4008:2809:1610:04
49 of 248 minutes covered, the last 49
Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 2000
Boundaryin Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Forenoon of Friday 27 October
Qualifies with 49 of 248 minutes. Not taken.
49 of 248 minutes covered, the last 49
Forenoon of Saturday 28 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
183 of 248 minutes covered, the first 183
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 08:58 on Fri 27 Oct to 08:43 on Sat 28 Oct.
2000-10-27T07:58:01Z → 2000-10-28T07:42:40Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:40–09:47 on the 27th, 05:39–09:47 on the 28th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 49 of 248 minutes on the 27th and 183 of 248 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2949 s
Ruling
Dyūta Pratipad, Luanda, 2000: Saturday 28 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Luanda, Dyūta Pratipad 2000 falls on Saturday 28 October. Pratipadā runs from 08:58 on Fri 27 Oct to 08:43 on Sat 28 Oct and covers 183 of 248 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 49 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 28 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 28 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 28 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/dyuta-pratipad · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunrise 27th | Covered | Sunrise 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:58 → 00:43 | 07:09 | 218 min | 07:10 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:58 → 02:43 | 07:18 | 211 min | 07:19 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:58 → 03:43 | 07:22 | 212 min | 07:23 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:58 → 03:43 | 05:57 | 236 min | 05:57 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| London | 08:58 → 08:43 | 07:46 | 127 min | 07:48 | 55 min | 27 Oct |
| Durban | 09:58 → 09:43 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:05 | 263 min | 28 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:58 → 11:43 | 06:24 | 0 min | 06:24 | 225 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:28 → 13:13 | 06:30 | 0 min | 06:31 | 223 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:28 → 13:13 | 05:39 | 0 min | 05:39 | 227 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:58 → 15:43 | 06:46 | 0 min | 06:46 | 241 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:58 → 18:43 | 06:00 | 0 min | 05:59 | 267 min | 28 Oct |
| Suva | 19:58 → 19:43 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:29 | 254 min | 28 Oct |