Ruling · Bali Pūjā (Balidaityarāja Pūjā) · 2028

Wednesday 18 October

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 563 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 Tuesday 17 October

Pratipadā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59

0 of 100 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 18 October

Taken. The only evening Pratipadā reaches.

17:58 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
17:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:58

100 of 100 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 08:27 on Wed 18 Oct to 05:01 on Thu 19 Oct.

    2028-10-18T02:56:49Z → 2028-10-18T23:31:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:59–19:39 on the 17th, 17:58–19:38 on the 18th.

    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 100 minutes on the 17th and 100 of 100 on the 18th.

    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 33789 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bali Pūjā, Ujjain, 2028: Wednesday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Bali Pūjā 2028 falls on Wednesday 18 October. Pratipadā runs from 08:27 on Wed 18 Oct to 05:01 on Thu 19 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2028/bali-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 18 Oct
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 18thCoveredSunset 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:57 → 16:3118:140 min18:130 min17 Oct
Chicago21:57 → 18:3118:0328 min18:020 min18 Oct
Jersey City22:57 → 19:3118:1081 min18:090 min18 Oct
Port of Spain22:57 → 19:3117:4797 min17:460 min18 Oct
London03:57 → 00:3118:00108 min17:570 min18 Oct
Durban04:57 → 01:3118:0889 min18:080 min18 Oct
Dubai06:57 → 03:3117:49100 min17:480 min18 Oct
Delhi08:27 → 05:0117:48101 min17:470 min18 Oct
Kolkata08:27 → 05:0117:08100 min17:080 min18 Oct
Singapore10:57 → 07:3118:5295 min18:520 min18 Oct
Sydney13:57 → 10:3119:1188 min19:120 min18 Oct
Suva14:57 → 11:3118:0892 min18:080 min18 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