Sunday 16 July

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 19:22 on Sat 15 Jul to 21:55 on Sun 16 Jul.

   2000-07-15T11:22:05Z → 2000-07-16T13:55:13Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:47–19:42 on the 15th, 16:47–19:42 on the 16th.

   sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 20 of 175 minutes on the 15th and 175 of 175 on the 16th.

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

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1223 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 2000: Sunday 16 July.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 2000 falls on Sunday 16 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:22 on Sat 15 Jul to 21:55 on Sun 16 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 20 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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