Wednesday 5 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 17:12 on Wed 5 Nov to 18:37 on Thu 6 Nov.

   2059-11-05T09:11:52Z → 2059-11-06T10:37:04Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:14–19:03 on the 5th, 17:13–19:02 on the 6th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 5th and 85 of 109 on the 6th.

   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 104 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 2059: Wednesday 5 November.

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

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 2059 falls on Wednesday 5 November. Pratipadā runs from 17:12 on Wed 5 Nov to 18:37 on Thu 6 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 85 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 1 min 44 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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