Ruling · Bali Pūjā · 2049

Wednesday 27 October

Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 39 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

35°42′ N 51°25′ E · Asia/Tehran · GeoNames 112931

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Tuesday 26 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:00
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

0 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 27 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:59
Pratipadā ends 19:03:43
16:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14

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 19:45 on Tue 26 Oct to 19:04 on Wed 27 Oct.

    2049-10-26T16:15:12Z → 2049-10-27T15:33:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:15–19:00 on the 26th, 17:14–18:59 on the 27th.

    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 105 minutes on the 26th and 105 of 105 on the 27th.

    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 279 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Tehran, 2049: Wednesday 27 October.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Tehran, Bali Pūjā 2049 falls on Wednesday 27 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:45 on Tue 26 Oct to 19:04 on Wed 27 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It is 4 min 39 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2049/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 27 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 26thCoveredSunset 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:15 → 08:3418:05104 min18:040 min26 Oct
Chicago11:15 → 10:3417:52107 min17:500 min26 Oct
Jersey City12:15 → 11:3417:59107 min17:580 min26 Oct
Port of Spain12:15 → 11:3417:4398 min17:430 min26 Oct
London17:15 → 16:3417:44112 min17:420 min26 Oct
Durban18:15 → 17:3418:1385 min18:140 min26 Oct
Dubai20:15 → 19:3417:420 min17:41102 min27 Oct
Delhi21:45 → 21:0417:400 min17:40103 min27 Oct
Kolkata21:45 → 21:0417:030 min17:02101 min27 Oct
Singapore00:15 → 23:3418:510 min18:5095 min27 Oct
Sydney03:15 → 02:3419:180 min19:1985 min27 Oct
Suva04:15 → 03:3418:100 min18:1190 min27 Oct
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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