Forenoon of Monday 31 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:10 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:51
Pratipadā begins 07:38:26
05:4606:3407:2208:1008:5809:46
133 of 221 minutes covered, the last 133
Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 1921
Boundaryin Shaoxing, 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 Monday 31 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
133 of 221 minutes covered, the last 133
Forenoon of Tuesday 1 November
Qualifies with 4 of 220 minutes. Not taken.
4 of 220 minutes covered, the first 4
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 07:38 on Mon 31 Oct to 06:15 on Tue 1 Nov.
1921-10-30T23:38:26Z → 1921-10-31T22:15:11Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:10–09:51 on the 31st, 06:11–09:51 on the 1st.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 133 of 221 minutes on the 31st and 4 of 220 on the 1st.
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 242 s < 300 s
Ruling
Dyūta Pratipad, Shaoxing, 1921: Monday 31 October.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Shaoxing, Dyūta Pratipad 1921 falls on Monday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 07:38 on Mon 31 Oct to 06:15 on Tue 1 Nov and covers 133 of 221 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 4 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 02 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 31 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 31 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 31 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing. | ||
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 30th | Covered | Sunrise 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:38 → 14:15 | 06:11 | 0 min | 06:12 | 216 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 17:38 → 16:15 | 06:20 | 0 min | 06:22 | 208 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 18:38 → 17:15 | 06:24 | 0 min | 06:25 | 210 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:38 → 18:15 | 05:57 | 0 min | 05:57 | 235 min | 31 Oct |
| London | 23:38 → 22:15 | 06:50 | 0 min | 06:52 | 195 min | 31 Oct |
| Durban | 01:38 → 00:15 | 05:04 | 0 min | 05:03 | 264 min | 31 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:38 → 02:15 | 06:25 | 0 min | 06:26 | 225 min | 31 Oct |
| Delhi | 05:08 → 03:45 | 06:31 | 0 min | 06:32 | 222 min | 31 Oct |
| Kolkata | 05:08 → 03:45 | 05:40 | 0 min | 05:40 | 227 min | 31 Oct |
| Singapore | 06:38 → 05:15 | 05:46 | 0 min | 05:46 | 189 min | 31 Oct |
| Sydney | 09:38 → 08:15 | 04:58 | 0 min | 04:57 | 0 min | 1 Nov |
| Suva | 11:38 → 10:15 | 05:29 | 0 min | 05:28 | 0 min | 1 Nov |