Tuesday 14 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 17:27 on Mon 13 Nov to 17:07 on Tue 14 Nov.

   2023-11-13T09:27:24Z → 2023-11-14T09:06:52Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:09–18:05 on the 13th, 16:08–18:05 on the 14th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 38 of 116 minutes on the 13th and 59 of 116 on the 14th.

   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 2281 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 2023: Tuesday 14 November.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 2023 falls on Tuesday 14 November. Pratipadā runs from 17:27 on Mon 13 Nov to 17:07 on Tue 14 Nov and covers 59 of 116 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 38 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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