Monday 28 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 18:15 on Sun 27 Oct to 19:39 on Mon 28 Oct.

   1935-10-27T10:15:22Z → 1935-10-28T11:39:27Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:35–18:24 on the 27th, 16:33–18:23 on the 28th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 8 of 109 minutes on the 27th and 110 of 110 on the 28th.

   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 508 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 1935: Monday 28 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 1935 falls on Monday 28 October. Pratipadā runs from 18:15 on Sun 27 Oct to 19:39 on Mon 28 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 8 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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