Monday 26 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 18:41 on Sun 25 Oct to 19:17 on Mon 26 Oct.

   1908-10-25T06:46:19Z → 1908-10-26T07:22:10Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:05–19:36 on the 25th, 18:05–19:36 on the 26th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 54 of 91 minutes on the 25th and 72 of 91 on the 26th.

   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 1122 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Suva, 1908: Monday 26 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Suva, Bali Pūjā 1908 falls on Monday 26 October. Pratipadā runs from 18:41 on Sun 25 Oct to 19:17 on Mon 26 Oct and covers 72 of 91 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 54 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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