Wednesday 17 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Amāvasyā runs from 22:19 on Wed 17 Oct to 23:37 on Thu 18 Oct.

   1990-10-17T14:18:47Z → 1990-10-18T15:36:41Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:37–00:25 on the 17th, 23:37–00:25 on the 18th.

   nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both nights qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 0 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Kālī Pūjā, Puning, 1990: Wednesday 17 October.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Puning, Kālī Pūjā 1990 falls on Wednesday 17 October. Amāvasyā runs from 22:19 on Wed 17 Oct to 23:37 on Thu 18 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 0 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 0 min 00 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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