Monday 25 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 17:26 on Sun 24 Oct to 20:08 on Mon 25 Oct.

   2060-10-24T09:26:11Z → 2060-10-25T12:08:04Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:37–18:26 on the 24th, 16:35–18:24 on the 25th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 59 of 109 minutes on the 24th and 109 of 109 on the 25th.

   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 2966 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Daqing, 2060: Monday 25 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bali Pūjā 2060 falls on Monday 25 October. Pratipadā runs from 17:26 on Sun 24 Oct to 20:08 on Mon 25 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 59 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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