Evening of Monday 9 November
Qualifies with 43 of 89 minutes. Not taken.
18:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:45
Pratipadā begins 19:02:06
17:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:5220:16
43 of 89 minutes covered, the last 43
Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2026
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Monday 9 November
Qualifies with 43 of 89 minutes. Not taken.
43 of 89 minutes covered, the last 43
Evening of Tuesday 10 November
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
89 of 89 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 19:02 on Mon 9 Nov to 20:31 on Tue 10 Nov.
2026-11-09T07:02:07Z → 2026-11-10T08:30:37Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:16–19:45 on the 9th, 18:17–19:46 on the 10th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 43 of 89 minutes on the 9th and 89 of 89 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2593 s
Ruling
Bali Pūjā, Suva, 2026: Tuesday 10 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Suva, Bali Pūjā 2026 falls on Tuesday 10 November. Pratipadā runs from 19:02 on Mon 9 Nov to 20:31 on Tue 10 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 43 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 | Tue 10 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 10 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 10 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bali-puja · 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 | Sunset 9th | Covered | Sunset 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:02 → 00:31 | 16:53 | 108 min | 16:52 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Chicago | 01:02 → 02:31 | 16:35 | 112 min | 16:34 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Jersey City | 02:02 → 03:31 | 16:43 | 111 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 03:02 → 04:31 | 17:40 | 99 min | 17:40 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| London | 07:02 → 08:31 | 16:20 | 119 min | 16:18 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Durban | 09:02 → 10:31 | 18:24 | 84 min | 18:25 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Dubai | 11:02 → 12:31 | 17:33 | 104 min | 17:33 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 12:32 → 14:01 | 17:30 | 105 min | 17:30 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 12:32 → 14:01 | 16:55 | 103 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 15:02 → 16:31 | 18:50 | 96 min | 18:50 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 18:02 → 19:31 | 19:30 | 82 min | 19:31 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 19:02 → 20:31 | 18:16 | 43 min | 18:17 | 89 min | 10 Nov |