Forenoon of Friday 5 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
05:25 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:42
Pratipadā begins 09:14:36
05:0105:4906:3707:2508:1309:0109:49
27 of 256 minutes covered, the last 27
Ruling · Dyūta Pratipad · 2021
Boundaryin Suva, 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 Friday 5 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
27 of 256 minutes covered, the last 27
Forenoon of Saturday 6 November
Qualifies with 20 of 257 minutes. Not taken.
20 of 257 minutes covered, the first 20
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 09:15 on Fri 5 Nov to 05:45 on Sat 6 Nov.
2021-11-04T21:14:37Z → 2021-11-05T17:45:00Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:25–09:42 on the 5th, 05:25–09:42 on the 6th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 27 of 256 minutes on the 5th and 20 of 257 on the 6th.
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 1197 s
Ruling
Dyūta Pratipad, Suva, 2021: Friday 5 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Suva, Dyūta Pratipad 2021 falls on Friday 5 November. Pratipadā runs from 09:15 on Fri 5 Nov to 05:45 on Sat 6 Nov and covers 27 of 256 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 20 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 5 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 5 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 5 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Sunrise 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:15 → 10:45 | 07:16 | 0 min | 07:17 | 208 min | 5 Nov |
| Chicago | 16:15 → 12:45 | 07:27 | 0 min | 07:29 | 204 min | 5 Nov |
| Jersey City | 17:15 → 13:45 | 07:31 | 0 min | 07:32 | 205 min | 5 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 17:15 → 13:45 | 05:58 | 0 min | 05:59 | 234 min | 5 Nov |
| London | 21:15 → 17:45 | 07:00 | 0 min | 07:02 | 188 min | 5 Nov |
| Durban | 23:15 → 19:45 | 04:59 | 0 min | 04:58 | 267 min | 5 Nov |
| Dubai | 01:15 → 21:45 | 06:28 | 0 min | 06:29 | 222 min | 5 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:45 → 23:15 | 06:35 | 0 min | 06:36 | 219 min | 5 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:45 → 23:15 | 05:43 | 0 min | 05:43 | 224 min | 5 Nov |
| Singapore | 05:15 → 01:45 | 06:46 | 0 min | 06:46 | 241 min | 5 Nov |
| Sydney | 08:15 → 04:45 | 05:52 | 0 min | 05:52 | 129 min | 5 Nov |
| Suva | 09:15 → 05:45 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:25 | 27 min | 5 Nov |