Tuesday 12 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 15:34 on Mon 11 Nov to 18:17 on Tue 12 Nov.

   1901-11-11T07:34:05Z → 1901-11-12T10:16:49Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:12–18:08 on the 11th, 16:11–18:07 on the 12th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 115 of 115 minutes on the 11th and 116 of 116 on the 12th.

   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 607 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1901: Tuesday 12 November.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1901 falls on Tuesday 12 November. Pratipadā runs from 15:34 on Mon 11 Nov to 18:17 on Tue 12 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 115 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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