Wednesday 22 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 17:55 on Tue 21 Oct to 20:17 on Wed 22 Oct.

   2025-10-21T12:25:10Z → 2025-10-22T14:47:14Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:56–19:36 on the 21st, 17:55–19:36 on the 22nd.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 100 of 100 minutes on the 21st and 100 of 100 on the 22nd.

   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 52 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Ujjain, 2025: Wednesday 22 October.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Bali Pūjā 2025 falls on Wednesday 22 October. Pratipadā runs from 17:55 on Tue 21 Oct to 20:17 on Wed 22 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 100 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 0 min 52 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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