Wednesday 24 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 17:55 on Tue 23 Oct to 20:10 on Wed 24 Oct.

   1900-10-23T13:27:12Z → 1900-10-24T15:41:47Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:03–18:46 on the 23rd, 17:02–18:45 on the 24th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 50 of 102 minutes on the 23rd and 102 of 102 on the 24th.

   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 3024 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Multan, 1900: Wednesday 24 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Bali Pūjā 1900 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Pratipadā runs from 17:55 on Tue 23 Oct to 20:10 on Wed 24 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 50 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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