Tuesday 16 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 18:40 on Mon 15 Nov to 20:04 on Tue 16 Nov.

   1982-11-15T15:09:54Z → 1982-11-16T16:33:54Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 16:57–18:47 on the 15th, 16:57–18:47 on the 16th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 7 of 110 minutes on the 15th and 110 of 110 on the 16th.

   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 442 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Tehran, 1982: Tuesday 16 November.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Tehran, Bali Pūjā 1982 falls on Tuesday 16 November. Pratipadā runs from 18:40 on Mon 15 Nov to 20:04 on Tue 16 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 7 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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