Monday 11 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 15:34 on Mon 11 Nov to 18:17 on Tue 12 Nov.

   1901-11-11T07:34:05Z → 1901-11-12T10:16:49Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:08–18:59 on the 11th, 17:08–18:58 on the 12th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 110 of 110 minutes on the 11th and 69 of 111 on the 12th.

   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 2485 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1901: Monday 11 November.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1901 falls on Monday 11 November. Pratipadā runs from 15:34 on Mon 11 Nov to 18:17 on Tue 12 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 69 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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