Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2024

Saturday 2 November

Boundaryin Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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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 Friday 1 November

Qualifies with 73 of 102 minutes. Not taken.

17:48 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:30
Pratipadā begins 18:17:08
17:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:48

73 of 102 minutes covered, the last 73

Evening of Saturday 2 November

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

17:48 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:30
17:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:48

102 of 102 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 18:17 on Fri 1 Nov to 20:22 on Sat 2 Nov.

    2024-11-01T12:47:09Z → 2024-11-02T14:52:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:48–19:30 on the 1st, 17:48–19:30 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 73 of 102 minutes on the 1st and 102 of 102 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1735 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Ujjain, 2024: Saturday 2 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Bali Pūjā 2024 falls on Saturday 2 November. Pratipadā runs from 18:17 on Fri 1 Nov to 20:22 on Sat 2 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 73 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2024/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 Nov
Rashtriya PanchangPrincipal festivals, 2024-25Sat 2 Nov

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 1stCoveredSunset 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:47 → 07:5217:59106 min17:580 min1 Nov
Chicago07:47 → 09:5217:44110 min17:430 min1 Nov
Jersey City08:47 → 10:5217:52109 min17:500 min1 Nov
Port of Spain08:47 → 10:5217:4298 min17:410 min1 Nov
London12:47 → 14:5216:32115 min16:310 min1 Nov
Durban14:47 → 16:5218:1886 min18:190 min1 Nov
Dubai16:47 → 18:5217:38103 min17:3775 min1 Nov
Delhi18:17 → 20:2217:3562 min17:35104 min2 Nov
Kolkata18:17 → 20:2216:5923 min16:58102 min2 Nov
Singapore20:47 → 22:5218:500 min18:5096 min2 Nov
Sydney23:47 → 01:5219:230 min19:2484 min2 Nov
Suva00:47 → 02:5218:130 min18:1390 min2 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