Tuesday 23 July

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:58 on Tue 23 Jul to 17:07 on Wed 24 Jul.

   2002-07-23T08:57:56Z → 2002-07-24T09:07:00Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:44–19:38 on the 23rd, 16:44–19:37 on the 24th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 160 of 173 minutes on the 23rd and 23 of 173 on the 24th.

   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 819 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 2002: Tuesday 23 July.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 2002 falls on Tuesday 23 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:58 on Tue 23 Jul to 17:07 on Wed 24 Jul and covers 160 of 173 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 23 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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