Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 2011

Wednesday 26 October

Boundaryin Luanda, 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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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 Wednesday 26 October

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

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

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 27 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

0 of 93 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 20:56 on Wed 26 Oct to 17:11 on Thu 27 Oct.

    2011-10-26T19:55:48Z → 2011-10-27T16:11:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:35 on the 26th, 18:02–19:35 on the 27th.

    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 93 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 93 on the 27th.

    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 3057 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Luanda, 2011: Wednesday 26 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Luanda, Bali Pūjā 2011 falls on Wednesday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 20:56 on Wed 26 Oct to 17:11 on Thu 27 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/2011/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 26thCoveredSunset 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:56 → 09:1118:06104 min18:050 min26 Oct
Chicago14:56 → 11:1117:53107 min17:510 min26 Oct
Jersey City15:56 → 12:1118:00107 min17:590 min26 Oct
Port of Spain15:56 → 12:1117:4498 min17:430 min26 Oct
London20:56 → 17:1117:450 min17:430 min26 Oct
Durban21:56 → 18:1118:130 min18:140 min26 Oct
Dubai23:56 → 20:1117:430 min17:42102 min27 Oct
Delhi01:26 → 21:4117:410 min17:40103 min27 Oct
Kolkata01:26 → 21:4117:030 min17:02101 min27 Oct
Singapore03:56 → 00:1118:510 min18:5195 min27 Oct
Sydney06:56 → 03:1119:170 min19:1886 min27 Oct
Suva08:56 → 05:1119:100 min19:1191 min27 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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