Monday 31 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 18:38 on Sun 30 Oct to 21:10 on Mon 31 Oct.

   2016-10-30T17:38:10Z → 2016-10-31T20:09:58Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:03–19:36 on the 30th, 18:03–19:36 on the 31st.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 57 of 93 minutes on the 30th and 93 of 93 on the 31st.

   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 2117 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Luanda, 2016: Monday 31 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Luanda, Bali Pūjā 2016 falls on Monday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 18:38 on Sun 30 Oct to 21:10 on Mon 31 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 57 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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