Friday 29 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 19:07 on Fri 29 Oct to 17:52 on Sat 30 Oct.

   2027-10-29T13:36:34Z → 2027-10-30T12:22:23Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:51–19:32 on the 29th, 17:50–19:31 on the 30th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 25 of 101 minutes on the 29th and 2 of 102 on the 30th.

   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 147 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Ujjain, 2027: Friday 29 October.

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

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Bali Pūjā 2027 falls on Friday 29 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:07 on Fri 29 Oct to 17:52 on Sat 30 Oct and covers 25 of 101 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 2 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 2 min 27 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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