Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2023

Monday 13 November

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 165 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two evenings

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

Evening of Monday 13 November

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:43 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:26
17:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:43

104 of 104 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 14 November

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:42 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:26
17:1817:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:42

0 of 104 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 14:57 on Mon 13 Nov to 14:37 on Tue 14 Nov.

    2023-11-13T09:27:24Z → 2023-11-14T09:06:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:43–19:26 on the 13th, 17:42–19:26 on the 14th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 104 of 104 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 104 on the 14th.

    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 9924 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Ujjain, 2023: Monday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Bali Pūjā 2023 falls on Monday 13 November. Pratipadā runs from 14:57 on Mon 13 Nov to 14:37 on Tue 14 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2023/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 13thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:27 → 01:0716:50109 min16:500 min13 Nov
Chicago03:27 → 03:0716:31113 min16:310 min13 Nov
Jersey City04:27 → 04:0716:40112 min16:390 min13 Nov
Port of Spain05:27 → 05:0717:4099 min17:400 min13 Nov
London09:27 → 09:0716:14120 min16:130 min13 Nov
Durban11:27 → 11:0718:2783 min18:280 min13 Nov
Dubai13:27 → 13:0717:32104 min17:310 min13 Nov
Delhi14:57 → 14:3717:28106 min17:280 min13 Nov
Kolkata14:57 → 14:3716:53103 min16:530 min13 Nov
Singapore17:27 → 17:0718:5096 min18:510 min13 Nov
Sydney20:27 → 20:0719:3428 min19:3532 min14 Nov
Suva21:27 → 21:0718:180 min18:1988 min14 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