Ruling · Śiva Śayanotsava · 1921

Monday 18 July

Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

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The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Monday 18 July

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

17:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59

100 of 100 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 19 July

Qualifies with 68 of 100 minutes. Not taken.

17:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
Pūrṇimā ends 19:07:19
17:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59

68 of 100 minutes covered, the first 68

Pūrṇimā presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:58 on Mon 18 Jul to 19:07 on Tue 19 Jul.

    1921-07-18T21:57:35Z → 1921-07-20T00:07:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:59–19:39 on the 18th, 17:59–19:39 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 100 of 100 minutes on the 18th and 68 of 100 on the 19th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  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 1903 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śiva Śayanotsava, Lima, 1921: Monday 18 July.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Lima, Śiva Śayanotsava 1921 falls on Monday 18 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:58 on Mon 18 Jul to 19:07 on Tue 19 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 68 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1921/shiva-shayanotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 18 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 18 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 18 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/shiva-shayanotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSunset 18thCoveredSunset 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:58 → 16:0719:0379 min19:020 min18 Jul
Chicago16:58 → 19:0720:2273 min20:200 min18 Jul
Jersey City17:58 → 20:0720:2474 min20:230 min18 Jul
Port of Spain17:58 → 20:0718:3291 min18:320 min19 Jul
London22:58 → 01:0721:080 min21:060 min19 Jul
Durban23:58 → 02:0717:150 min17:160 min19 Jul
Dubai01:58 → 04:0719:100 min19:090 min19 Jul
Delhi03:28 → 05:3719:200 min19:190 min19 Jul
Kolkata03:28 → 05:3718:230 min18:230 min19 Jul
Singapore04:58 → 07:0718:160 min18:160 min19 Jul
Sydney07:58 → 10:0717:050 min17:060 min19 Jul
Suva09:58 → 12:0717:470 min17:470 min19 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shiva-shayanotsava@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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