Saturday 14 July

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 17:38 on Sat 14 Jul to 19:56 on Sun 15 Jul.

   1973-07-14T09:38:09Z → 1973-07-15T11:55:53Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:43–20:58 on the 14th, 19:43–20:58 on the 15th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 75 of 75 minutes on the 14th and 13 of 75 on the 15th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

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 792 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Śiva Śayanotsava, Baoding, 1973: Saturday 14 July.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śiva Śayanotsava 1973 falls on Saturday 14 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:38 on Sat 14 Jul to 19:56 on Sun 15 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 13 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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