Tuesday 16 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 17:10 on Mon 15 Nov to 18:34 on Tue 16 Nov.

   1982-11-15T15:09:54Z → 1982-11-16T16:33:54Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:48–18:44 on the 15th, 16:47–18:43 on the 16th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 115 minutes on the 15th and 106 of 116 on the 16th.

   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 546 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Bucharest, 1982: Tuesday 16 November.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Bali Pūjā 1982 falls on Tuesday 16 November. Pratipadā runs from 17:10 on Mon 15 Nov to 18:34 on Tue 16 Nov and covers 106 of 116 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 94 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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