Tuesday 26 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 19:15 on Tue 26 Oct to 18:34 on Wed 27 Oct.

   2049-10-26T16:15:12Z → 2049-10-27T15:33:44Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:13–20:01 on the 26th, 18:11–20:00 on the 27th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 46 of 109 minutes on the 26th and 22 of 109 on the 27th.

   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 1337 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Bucharest, 2049: Tuesday 26 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Bali Pūjā 2049 falls on Tuesday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:15 on Tue 26 Oct to 18:34 on Wed 27 Oct and covers 46 of 109 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 22 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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