Friday 21 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 07:37 on Fri 21 Oct to 07:39 on Sat 22 Oct.

   2044-10-20T23:36:31Z → 2044-10-21T23:39:15Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:34–10:13 on the 21st, 06:35–10:13 on the 22nd.

   purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 157 of 219 minutes on the 21st and 64 of 218 on the 22nd.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

4. 04

   Tie-break

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

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 3743 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Dyūta Pratipad, Baoding, 2044: Friday 21 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dyūta Pratipad 2044 falls on Friday 21 October. Pratipadā runs from 07:37 on Fri 21 Oct to 07:39 on Sat 22 Oct and covers 157 of 219 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 64 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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