Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1913

Wednesday 29 October

Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two evenings

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

Evening of Wednesday 29 October

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

18:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:43
Pratipadā begins 19:58:37
17:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

0 of 104 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 30 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:43
17:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59

0 of 104 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 19:59 on Wed 29 Oct to 16:54 on Thu 30 Oct.

    1913-10-29T14:28:37Z → 1913-10-30T11:23:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:00–19:43 on the 29th, 17:59–19:43 on the 30th.

    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 104 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 104 on the 30th.

    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 912 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Multan, 1913: Wednesday 29 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Bali Pūjā 1913 falls on Wednesday 29 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:59 on Wed 29 Oct to 16:54 on Thu 30 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1913/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 29 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 29thCoveredSunset 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:29 → 03:2417:03105 min17:020 min29 Oct
Chicago08:29 → 05:2416:49108 min16:480 min29 Oct
Jersey City09:29 → 06:2416:57108 min16:550 min29 Oct
Port of Spain10:29 → 07:2417:4398 min17:420 min29 Oct
London14:29 → 11:2416:40113 min16:380 min29 Oct
Durban16:29 → 13:2418:1587 min18:160 min29 Oct
Dubai18:10 → 15:0517:2254 min17:210 min29 Oct
Delhi19:59 → 16:5417:390 min17:380 min29 Oct
Kolkata19:59 → 16:5417:010 min17:010 min29 Oct
Singapore21:29 → 18:2417:500 min17:5033 min30 Oct
Sydney00:29 → 21:2418:190 min18:2085 min30 Oct
Suva02:24 → 23:1918:060 min18:0790 min30 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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