Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 1985

Tuesday 12 November

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

MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 12 November

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

17:19 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:06
16:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:19

0 of 106 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 13 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:19 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:05
16:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:19

0 of 107 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 19:20 on Tue 12 Nov to 15:36 on Wed 13 Nov.

    1985-11-12T14:20:20Z → 1985-11-13T10:36:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:19–19:06 on the 12th, 17:19–19:05 on the 13th.

    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 106 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 107 on the 13th.

    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 882 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Multan, 1985: Tuesday 12 November.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Bali Pūjā 1985 falls on Tuesday 12 November. Pratipadā runs from 19:20 on Tue 12 Nov to 15:36 on Wed 13 Nov, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1985/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 12 Nov
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 12thCoveredSunset 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:20 → 02:3616:51108 min16:500 min12 Nov
Chicago08:20 → 04:3616:32113 min16:310 min12 Nov
Jersey City09:20 → 05:3616:41112 min16:400 min12 Nov
Port of Spain10:20 → 06:3617:4099 min17:400 min12 Nov
London14:20 → 10:3616:15120 min16:140 min12 Nov
Durban16:20 → 12:3618:2684 min18:270 min12 Nov
Dubai18:20 → 14:3617:3256 min17:320 min12 Nov
Delhi19:50 → 16:0617:290 min17:280 min12 Nov
Kolkata19:50 → 16:0616:540 min16:530 min12 Nov
Singapore22:20 → 18:3618:500 min18:500 min12 Nov
Sydney01:20 → 21:3619:330 min19:3481 min13 Nov
Suva02:20 → 22:3618:180 min18:1889 min13 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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