Friday 11 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Trayodaśī runs from 16:49 on Fri 11 Nov to 18:53 on Sat 12 Nov.

   2050-11-11T08:49:13Z → 2050-11-12T10:53:28Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:08–18:58 on the 11th, 17:07–18:58 on the 12th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 111 of 111 minutes on the 11th and 107 of 111 on the 12th.

   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 251 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Yama Dīpadāna, Baoding, 2050: Friday 11 November.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Dīpadāna 2050 falls on Friday 11 November. Trayodaśī runs from 16:49 on Fri 11 Nov to 18:53 on Sat 12 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 107 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 11 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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