Tuesday 19 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 15:59 on Tue 19 Oct to 18:21 on Wed 20 Oct.

   1971-10-19T07:58:55Z → 1971-10-20T10:21:17Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:35–19:19 on the 19th, 17:34–19:18 on the 20th.

   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 19th and 47 of 104 on the 20th.

   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 2841 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1971: Tuesday 19 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1971 falls on Tuesday 19 October. Pratipadā runs from 15:59 on Tue 19 Oct to 18:21 on Wed 20 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 47 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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