Saturday 12 July

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:37 on Sat 12 Jul to 18:37 on Sun 13 Jul.

   2098-07-12T08:36:44Z → 2098-07-13T10:36:59Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:48–19:44 on the 12th, 16:48–19:44 on the 13th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 176 of 176 minutes on the 12th and 109 of 176 on the 13th.

   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 694 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 2098: Saturday 12 July.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 2098 falls on Saturday 12 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:37 on Sat 12 Jul to 18:37 on Sun 13 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 109 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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