Thursday 20 July

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 18:25 on Thu 20 Jul to 20:48 on Fri 21 Jul.

   2062-07-20T10:24:46Z → 2062-07-21T12:47:58Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:40–20:56 on the 20th, 19:39–20:55 on the 21st.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 76 of 76 minutes on the 20th and 69 of 76 on the 21st.

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

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 432 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Śiva Śayanotsava, Baoding, 2062: Thursday 20 July.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śiva Śayanotsava 2062 falls on Thursday 20 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:25 on Thu 20 Jul to 20:48 on Fri 21 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 69 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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