Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 2005

Wednesday 2 November

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 644 minutes.

Decide it for

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 1 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:11
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

0 of 104 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 2 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:26 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:10
17:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:26

105 of 105 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 06:25 on Wed 2 Nov to 05:55 on Thu 3 Nov.

    2005-11-02T01:24:36Z → 2005-11-03T00:54:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:27–19:11 on the 1st, 17:26–19:10 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 105 of 105 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 38646 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Multan, 2005: Wednesday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Bali Pūjā 2005 falls on Wednesday 2 November. Pratipadā runs from 06:25 on Wed 2 Nov to 05:55 on Thu 3 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2005/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 2ndCoveredSunset 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:25 → 16:5516:590 min16:580 min1 Nov
Chicago19:25 → 18:5516:43110 min16:420 min2 Nov
Jersey City20:25 → 19:5516:51109 min16:500 min2 Nov
Port of Spain21:25 → 20:5517:4198 min17:410 min2 Nov
London01:25 → 00:5516:31116 min16:290 min2 Nov
Durban03:25 → 02:5518:1886 min18:190 min2 Nov
Dubai05:25 → 04:5517:37103 min17:370 min2 Nov
Delhi06:55 → 06:2517:35104 min17:340 min2 Nov
Kolkata06:55 → 06:2516:58102 min16:580 min2 Nov
Singapore09:25 → 08:5518:5096 min18:500 min2 Nov
Sydney12:25 → 11:5519:2484 min19:250 min2 Nov
Suva13:25 → 12:5518:1390 min18:140 min2 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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