{ "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996", "place": { "id": "1783621", "slug": "zunyi", "name": "Zunyi", "region": "Guizhou, China", "country": "CN", "lat": 27.68667, "lon": 106.90722, "elevation_m": 867, "tz": "Asia/Shanghai" }, "year": 1996, "tradition": "smarta", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "rulings": [ { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-01-01", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Putradā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-01-01", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 34431, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "1995-12-31T17:16:44+08:00", "utc": "1995-12-31T09:16:44Z", "ms": 820401403812.6025 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-01T19:08:53+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-01T11:08:53Z", "ms": 820494533211.4899 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1995-12-31T17:16:44+08:00", "utc": "1995-12-31T09:16:44Z", "ms": 820401403812.6025 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-01T19:08:53+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-01T11:08:53Z", "ms": 820494533211.4899 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1995-12-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "1995-12-31T07:42:53+08:00", "utc": "1995-12-30T23:42:53Z", "ms": 820366972577.5433 }, "end": { "local": "1995-12-31T07:42:53+08:00", "utc": "1995-12-30T23:42:53Z", "ms": 820366972577.5433 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-01-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-01-01T07:43:11+08:00", "utc": "1995-12-31T23:43:11Z", "ms": 820453390576.3365 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-01T07:43:11+08:00", "utc": "1995-12-31T23:43:11Z", "ms": 820453390576.3365 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 17:17 on Sun 31 Dec to 19:09 on Mon 1 Jan.", "fact": "1995-12-31T09:16:44Z → 1996-01-01T11:08:53Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:43 on the 31st and 07:43 on the 1st.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 31st and is on the 1st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 34431 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Putradā Ekādaśī, Zunyi, 1996: Monday 1 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Putradā Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Monday 1 January. Ekādaśī runs from 17:17 on Sun 31 Dec to 19:09 on Mon 1 Jan and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-01-01", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-01-03", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-01-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 5077, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-01-02T21:21:57+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-02T13:21:57Z", "ms": 820588916750.078 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-03T23:47:31+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-03T15:47:31Z", "ms": 820684050839.2495 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-01-02T21:21:57+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-02T13:21:57Z", "ms": 820588916750.078 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-03T23:47:31+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-03T15:47:31Z", "ms": 820684050839.2495 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-01-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-01-02T18:08:39+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-02T10:08:39Z", "ms": 820577319083.9647 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-02T19:57:19+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-02T11:57:19Z", "ms": 820583839368.7633 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 109, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-01-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-01-03T18:09:21+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-03T10:09:21Z", "ms": 820663760526.5862 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-03T19:57:57+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-03T11:57:57Z", "ms": 820670277100.463 } }, "covered_min": 109, "window_min": 109, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 21:22 on Tue 2 Jan to 23:48 on Wed 3 Jan.", "fact": "1996-01-02T13:21:57Z → 1996-01-03T15:47:31Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:09–19:57 on the 2nd, 18:09–19:58 on the 3rd.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 109 minutes on the 2nd and 109 of 109 on the 3rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5077 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Wednesday 3 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Wednesday 3 January. Trayodaśī runs from 21:22 on Tue 2 Jan to 23:48 on Wed 3 Jan and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-01-03", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/sankashta-chaturthi?on=1996-01-09", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-01-09", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 30358, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "1996-01-09T11:53:28+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-09T03:53:28Z", "ms": 821159607840.2007 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-10T13:48:44+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-10T05:48:44Z", "ms": 821252924199.9153 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-01-09T11:53:28+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-09T03:53:28Z", "ms": 821159607840.2007 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-10T13:48:44+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-10T05:48:44Z", "ms": 821252924199.9153 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-01-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-01-09T21:22:12+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-09T13:22:12Z", "ms": 821193732029.5912 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-09T21:22:12+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-09T13:22:12Z", "ms": 821193732029.5912 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-01-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-01-10T22:14:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-10T14:14:42Z", "ms": 821283282295.313 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-10T22:14:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-10T14:14:42Z", "ms": 821283282295.313 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 11:53 on Tue 9 Jan to 13:49 on Wed 10 Jan.", "fact": "1996-01-09T03:53:28Z → 1996-01-10T05:48:44Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:22 on the 9th and 22:15 on the 10th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 9th and is not on the 10th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 30358 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Zunyi, 1996: Tuesday 9 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-09", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-09", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 1996 falls on Tuesday 9 January. 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The transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "An instant falls in one day and no other. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "day counted from sunset → only-day · margin 23752 s" }, { "step": "counted", "text": "Bhogi is kept the day before Pongal: Monday 15 January is the day taken above.", "fact": "follows: pongal − 1 d" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bhogi, Zunyi, 1996: Sunday 14 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "solar", "id": "bhogi", "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "days": -1 }, "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Makaradi — Makaradi snana, Magh Bihu (Assam), Tila samkranti, Pongal (S. India), Bhogi (S. 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India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } ], "rashi": "Makara", "day_from": "sunset" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "1996-01-14", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). 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The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th. 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The Sun enters Makara at 00:53 on Mon 15 Jan, and the rule counts the day from midnight. Counted from sunrise, as in Orissa, it is 14 January.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/makara-sankranti", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/mattu-pongal", "festival": "mattu-pongal", "name": "Mattu Pongal", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-01-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 23752, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 9, "key": "makara", "name": "Makara", "start": { "local": "1996-01-15T00:53:29+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-14T16:53:29Z", "ms": 821638408612.4852 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-13T13:50:06+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-13T05:50:06Z", "ms": 824190605847.2635 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "1996-01-15T00:53:29+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-14T16:53:29Z", "ms": 821638408612.4852 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-15T00:53:29+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-14T16:53:29Z", "ms": 821638408612.4852 } }, "kaala": "sunset-day", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-01-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-01-13T18:16:49+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-13T10:16:49Z", "ms": 821528209447.7623 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-14T18:17:37+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-14T10:17:37Z", "ms": 821614656945.143 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1441, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-01-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-01-14T18:17:37+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-14T10:17:37Z", "ms": 821614656945.143 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-15T18:18:25+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-15T10:18:25Z", "ms": 821701104762.6903 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1441, "qualifies": true } ], "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "name": "Pongal", "local_date": "1996-01-15", "days": 1 }, "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Makara at 00:53 on Mon 15 Jan.", "fact": "1996-01-14T16:53:29Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day is counted from the sunset before it to its own sunset: the day of the 14th ends at 18:18, and the day of the 15th ends at 18:18.", "fact": "sunset-day: sunset-to-sunset · sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "The festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from the sunset before it: a transit after sunset belongs to the next day. 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India — on the day before Pongal), Mattu Pongal (S. India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } ], "rashi": "Makara", "day_from": "sunset" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "1996-01-16", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." } }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "sunrise-day", "local_date": "1996-01-15", "statement": "Counted from sunrise (the Orissa rule)", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Orissa rule: In Orissa the solar months of the Amli and Vilayati eras begin civilly on the same day (sunrise to next sunrise) as the samkranti, irrespective of whether this takes place before or after midnight." } } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Mattu Pongal 1996 falls on Tuesday 16 January. It is kept the day after Pongal, which falls on Monday 15 January. The Sun enters Makara at 00:53 on Mon 15 Jan. The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Wednesday 17 January. Ekādaśī runs from 13:38 on Tue 16 Jan to 11:07 on Wed 17 Jan and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-01-17", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-01-18", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-01-18", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 30104, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-01-18T08:01:29+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-18T00:01:29Z", "ms": 821923289126.27 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-19T04:29:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-18T20:29:42Z", "ms": 821996981567.6855 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-01-18T08:01:29+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-18T00:01:29Z", "ms": 821923289126.27 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-19T04:29:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-18T20:29:42Z", "ms": 821996981567.6855 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-01-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-01-17T18:20:01+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-17T10:20:01Z", "ms": 821874001200.2404 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-17T20:07:16+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-17T12:07:16Z", "ms": 821880436303.6238 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 107, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-01-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-01-18T18:20:50+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-18T10:20:50Z", "ms": 821960449739.1377 }, "end": { "local": "1996-01-18T20:07:57+08:00", "utc": "1996-01-18T12:07:57Z", "ms": 821966877097.3901 } }, "covered_min": 107, "window_min": 107, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 08:01 on Thu 18 Jan to 04:30 on Fri 19 Jan.", "fact": "1996-01-18T00:01:29Z → 1996-01-18T20:29:42Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:20–20:07 on the 17th, 18:21–20:08 on the 18th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5246 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Yama Tarpaṇa, Zunyi, 1996: Friday 19 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "yama-tarpana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)" } ], "kaala": "arunodaya", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Yama Tarpaṇa 1996 falls on Friday 19 January. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 14873 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vasanta Pañcamī, Zunyi, 1996: Wednesday 24 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vasanta-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Sri Pancami (purvaviddha), Sarasvati puja (Bengal), Vasanta pancami, Madana pancami." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Vasanta Pañcamī 1996 falls on Wednesday 24 January. 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The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2042 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ratha Saptamī, Zunyi, 1996: Friday 26 January.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ratha-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Ratha saptami (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise), Acala saptami, Vidhana saptami, Arogya saptami [purvaviddha]." } ], "kaala": "arunodaya", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-26", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-01-26", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Ratha Saptamī 1996 falls on Friday 26 January. Saptamī runs from 06:30 on Fri 26 Jan to 06:47 on Sat 27 Jan and covers 72 of 106 minutes of aruṇodaya that dawn. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2862 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Zunyi, 1996: Thursday 1 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "bhishma-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Bhisma dvadasi (purvaviddha), Amalaki dvadasi, Santana dvadasi, Varaha dvadasi" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 1996 falls on Thursday 1 February. Dvādaśī runs from 14:18 on Wed 31 Jan to 16:53 on Thu 1 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/bhishma-dvadashi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-02-01", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-02-01", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 3128, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-02-01T16:52:50+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-01T08:52:50Z", "ms": 823164769720.9613 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-02T19:25:05+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-02T11:25:05Z", "ms": 823260304777.3711 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-02-01T16:52:50+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-01T08:52:50Z", "ms": 823164769720.9613 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-02T19:25:05+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-02T11:25:05Z", "ms": 823260304777.3711 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-02-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-02-01T18:32:09+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-01T10:32:09Z", "ms": 823170729123.204 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-01T20:17:07+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-01T12:17:07Z", "ms": 823177026623.4734 } }, "covered_min": 105, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-02-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-02-02T18:32:56+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-02T10:32:56Z", "ms": 823257176450.5393 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-02T20:17:43+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-02T12:17:43Z", "ms": 823263463371.2902 } }, "covered_min": 52, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 16:53 on Thu 1 Feb to 19:25 on Fri 2 Feb.", "fact": "1996-02-01T08:52:50Z → 1996-02-02T11:25:05Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:32–20:17 on the 1st, 18:33–20:18 on the 2nd.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 1st and 52 of 105 on the 2nd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 3128 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Thursday 1 February.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-01", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-01", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Thursday 1 February. Trayodaśī runs from 16:53 on Thu 1 Feb to 19:25 on Fri 2 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 52 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-02-01", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/maghi-purnima", "festival": "maghi-purnima", "name": "Māghī Pūrṇimā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-02-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 29866, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "1996-02-03T21:48:02+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-03T13:48:02Z", "ms": 823355281523.9386 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-04T23:57:38+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-04T15:57:38Z", "ms": 823449457643.7917 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-02-03T21:48:02+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-03T13:48:02Z", "ms": 823355281523.9386 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-04T23:57:38+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-04T15:57:38Z", "ms": 823449457643.7917 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-02-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-02-03T12:42:16+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-03T04:42:16Z", "ms": 823322535929.8042 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-03T13:30:16+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-03T05:30:16Z", "ms": 823325415929.8042 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-02-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-02-04T12:42:23+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-04T04:42:23Z", "ms": 823408942621.8826 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-04T13:30:23+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-04T05:30:23Z", "ms": 823411822621.8826 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 21:48 on Sat 3 Feb to 23:58 on Sun 4 Feb.", "fact": "1996-02-03T13:48:02Z → 1996-02-04T15:57:38Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:42–13:30 on the 3rd, 12:42–13:30 on the 4th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 29866 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Māghī Pūrṇimā, Zunyi, 1996: Sunday 4 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "maghi-purnima", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Maghi purnima (paraviddha)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1996 falls on Sunday 4 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:48 on Sat 3 Feb to 23:58 on Sun 4 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/maghi-purnima", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/sankashta-chaturthi?on=1996-02-08", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-02-08", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 27338, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "1996-02-08T04:42:05+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-07T20:42:05Z", "ms": 823725725403.9818 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-09T05:33:47+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-08T21:33:47Z", "ms": 823815227183.9923 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-02-08T04:42:05+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-07T20:42:05Z", "ms": 823725725403.9818 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-09T05:33:47+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-08T21:33:47Z", "ms": 823815227183.9923 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-02-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-02-07T21:03:59+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-07T13:03:59Z", "ms": 823698238945.8125 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-07T21:03:59+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-07T13:03:59Z", "ms": 823698238945.8125 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-02-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-02-08T21:58:09+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-08T13:58:09Z", "ms": 823787889219.7161 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-08T21:58:09+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-08T13:58:09Z", "ms": 823787889219.7161 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 04:42 on Thu 8 Feb to 05:34 on Fri 9 Feb.", "fact": "1996-02-07T20:42:05Z → 1996-02-08T21:33:47Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:04 on the 7th and 21:58 on the 8th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. 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It covers 102 of 102 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 102 on the 17th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4201 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Friday 16 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Friday 16 February. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: disputed → only-day · margin 33323 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahāśivarātri, Zunyi, 1996: Saturday 17 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "maha-shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day" } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "disputed", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Mahāśivarātri 1996 falls on Saturday 17 February. Caturdaśī runs from 14:10 on Sat 17 Feb to 10:46 on Sun 18 Feb and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/maha-shivaratri", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=1996-02-22", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-02-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 35233, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "1996-02-22T00:20:08+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-21T16:20:08Z", "ms": 824919608275.6044 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-22T23:17:24+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-22T15:17:24Z", "ms": 825002244297.8495 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-02-22T00:20:08+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-21T16:20:08Z", "ms": 824919608275.6044 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-22T23:17:24+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-22T15:17:24Z", "ms": 825002244297.8495 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-02-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-02-21T12:42:18+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-21T04:42:18Z", "ms": 824877738166.0039 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-21T13:30:18+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-21T05:30:18Z", "ms": 824880618166.0039 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-02-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-02-22T12:42:11+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-22T04:42:11Z", "ms": 824964131472.6447 }, "end": { "local": "1996-02-22T13:30:11+08:00", "utc": "1996-02-22T05:30:11Z", "ms": 824967011472.6447 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 00:20 on Thu 22 Feb to 23:17 on Thu 22 Feb.", "fact": "1996-02-21T16:20:08Z → 1996-02-22T15:17:24Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:42–13:30 on the 21st, 12:42–13:30 on the 22nd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 35233 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Zunyi, 1996: Thursday 22 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-02-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Vināyaka Caturthī 1996 falls on Thursday 22 February. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Āmalakī Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Friday 1 March. Ekādaśī runs from 07:46 on Thu 29 Feb to 10:16 on Fri 1 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-03-01", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-03-02", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-03-02", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 15552, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-03-02T12:34:44+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-02T04:34:44Z", "ms": 825741283986.3668 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-03T14:34:40+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-03T06:34:40Z", "ms": 825834879618.8087 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-03-02T12:34:44+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-02T04:34:44Z", "ms": 825741283986.3668 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-03T14:34:40+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-03T06:34:40Z", "ms": 825834879618.8087 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-03-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-02T18:53:16+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-02T10:53:16Z", "ms": 825763995510.1785 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-02T20:32:11+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-02T12:32:11Z", "ms": 825769930858.4391 } }, "covered_min": 99, "window_min": 99, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-03-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-03T18:53:52+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-03T10:53:52Z", "ms": 825850431688.49 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-03T20:32:34+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-03T12:32:34Z", "ms": 825856353975.865 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 99, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 12:35 on Sat 2 Mar to 14:35 on Sun 3 Mar.", "fact": "1996-03-02T04:34:44Z → 1996-03-03T06:34:40Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:53–20:32 on the 2nd, 18:54–20:33 on the 3rd.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 99 of 99 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 99 on the 3rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 15552 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Saturday 2 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-02", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-02", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Saturday 2 March. 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It covers 140 of 140 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 140 on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. 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Pūrṇimā runs from 16:11 on Mon 4 Mar to 17:23 on Tue 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/holika-dahana", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/holi", "festival": "holi", "name": "Holī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-03-05", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 1385, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "1996-03-04T16:11:19+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-04T08:11:19Z", "ms": 825927078607.2413 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-05T17:22:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-05T09:22:42Z", "ms": 826017761610.3242 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-03-04T16:11:19+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-04T08:11:19Z", "ms": 825927078607.2413 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-05T17:22:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-05T09:22:42Z", "ms": 826017761610.3242 } }, "kaala": "sayahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-03-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-04T16:34:24+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-04T08:34:24Z", "ms": 825928463784.2509 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-04T18:54:28+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-04T10:54:28Z", "ms": 825936867519.363 } }, "covered_min": 140, "window_min": 140, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-03-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-05T16:34:40+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-05T08:34:40Z", "ms": 826014879711.6649 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-05T18:55:03+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-05T10:55:03Z", "ms": 826023303016.1536 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 140, "qualifies": true } ], "follows": { "festival": "holika-dahana", "name": "Holikā Dahana", "local_date": "1996-03-04", "days": 1 }, "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 16:11 on Mon 4 Mar to 17:23 on Tue 5 Mar.", "fact": "1996-03-04T08:11:19Z → 1996-03-05T09:22:42Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:34–18:54 on the 4th, 16:35–18:55 on the 5th.", "fact": "sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 140 of 140 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 140 on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1385 s" }, { "step": "counted", "text": "Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 4 March is the day taken above.", "fact": "follows: holika-dahana + 1 d" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Holī, Zunyi, 1996: Tuesday 5 March.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "holi", "follows": { "festival": "holika-dahana", "days": 1 }, "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana." } ], "kaala": "sayahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-05", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-05", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Holī 1996 falls on Tuesday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:11 on Mon 4 Mar to 17:23 on Tue 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 4th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/holi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/vasantotsava", "festival": "vasantotsava", "name": "Vasantotsava", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-03-06", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 36575, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 15, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "1996-03-05T17:22:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-05T09:22:42Z", "ms": 826017761610.3242 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-06T18:08:25+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-06T10:08:25Z", "ms": 826106905399.5974 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-03-05T17:22:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-05T09:22:42Z", "ms": 826017761610.3242 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-06T18:08:25+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-06T10:08:25Z", "ms": 826106905399.5974 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-03-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-05T07:13:06+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-04T23:13:06Z", "ms": 825981186493.7102 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-05T07:13:06+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-04T23:13:06Z", "ms": 825981186493.7102 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-03-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-06T07:12:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-05T23:12:04Z", "ms": 826067523602.7681 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-06T07:12:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-05T23:12:04Z", "ms": 826067523602.7681 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 17:23 on Tue 5 Mar to 18:08 on Wed 6 Mar.", "fact": "1996-03-05T09:22:42Z → 1996-03-06T10:08:25Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:13 on the 5th and 07:12 on the 6th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 5th and is on the 6th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 36575 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vasantotsava, Zunyi, 1996: Wednesday 6 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vasantotsava", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 1 Vasantotsava (current at sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)." } ], "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Vasantotsava 1996 falls on Wednesday 6 March. Pratipadā runs from 17:23 on Tue 5 Mar to 18:08 on Wed 6 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/vasantotsava", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/sankashta-chaturthi?on=1996-03-08", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-03-08", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 12034, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "1996-03-08T18:24:49+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-08T10:24:49Z", "ms": 826280688716.349 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-09T17:56:37+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-09T09:56:37Z", "ms": 826365396860.6609 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-03-08T18:24:49+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-08T10:24:49Z", "ms": 826280688716.349 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-09T17:56:37+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-09T09:56:37Z", "ms": 826365396860.6609 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-03-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-08T21:45:22+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-08T13:45:22Z", "ms": 826292722342.1605 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-08T21:45:22+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-08T13:45:22Z", "ms": 826292722342.1605 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-03-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-09T22:43:45+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-09T14:43:45Z", "ms": 826382624894.1962 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-09T22:43:45+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-09T14:43:45Z", "ms": 826382624894.1962 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 18:25 on Fri 8 Mar to 17:57 on Sat 9 Mar.", "fact": "1996-03-08T10:24:49Z → 1996-03-09T09:56:37Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:45 on the 8th and 22:44 on the 9th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 8th and is not on the 9th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 12034 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Zunyi, 1996: Friday 8 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 1996 falls on Friday 8 March. Caturthī runs from 18:25 on Fri 8 Mar to 17:57 on Sat 9 Mar and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/sankashta-chaturthi?on=1996-03-08", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/shitalashtami", "festival": "shitalashtami", "name": "Śītalāṣṭamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-03-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1500, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 22, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "1996-03-12T14:11:44+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-12T06:11:44Z", "ms": 826611103654.8931 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-13T12:13:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-13T04:13:04Z", "ms": 826690383879.2018 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-03-12T14:11:44+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-12T06:11:44Z", "ms": 826611103654.8931 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-13T12:13:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-13T04:13:04Z", "ms": 826690383879.2018 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-03-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-12T12:38:20+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-12T04:38:20Z", "ms": 826605500012.7231 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-12T13:26:20+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-12T05:26:20Z", "ms": 826608380012.7231 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-03-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-13T12:38:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-13T04:38:04Z", "ms": 826691883787.3083 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-13T13:26:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-13T05:26:04Z", "ms": 826694763787.3083 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "second-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 14:12 on Tue 12 Mar to 12:13 on Wed 13 Mar.", "fact": "1996-03-12T06:11:44Z → 1996-03-13T04:13:04Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:38–13:26 on the 12th, 12:38–13:26 on the 13th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1500 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śītalāṣṭamī, Zunyi, 1996: Wednesday 13 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shitalashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-12", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śītalāṣṭamī 1996 falls on Wednesday 13 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:12 on Tue 12 Mar to 12:13 on Wed 13 Mar, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/shitalashtami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-03-15", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-03-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1346, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-03-15T07:24:45+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-14T23:24:45Z", "ms": 826845884523.1774 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-16T04:44:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-15T20:44:04Z", "ms": 826922644412.1427 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-03-15T07:24:45+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-14T23:24:45Z", "ms": 826845884523.1774 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-16T04:44:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-15T20:44:04Z", "ms": 826922644412.1427 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-03-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-15T07:02:18+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-14T23:02:18Z", "ms": 826844538349.8328 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-15T07:02:18+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-14T23:02:18Z", "ms": 826844538349.8328 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-03-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-16T07:01:12+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-15T23:01:12Z", "ms": 826930871732.9906 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-16T07:01:12+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-15T23:01:12Z", "ms": 826930871732.9906 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "tithi-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 07:25 on Fri 15 Mar to 04:44 on Sat 16 Mar.", "fact": "1996-03-14T23:24:45Z → 1996-03-15T20:44:04Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:02 on the 15th and 07:01 on the 16th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 15th and is not on the 16th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither sunrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 1346 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī, Zunyi, 1996: Friday 15 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Friday 15 March. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9796 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Sunday 17 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-03-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Sunday 17 March. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 16681 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Anaṅga Trayodaśī, Zunyi, 1996: Monday 1 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ananga-trayodashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 13 Ananga trayodasi (purvaviddha), Mahavira jayanti (Jain)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-04-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-04-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Anaṅga Trayodaśī 1996 falls on Monday 1 April. Trayodaśī runs from 06:57 on Mon 1 Apr to 07:54 on Tue 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/ananga-trayodashi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-04-01", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-04-01", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 36903, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-04-01T06:56:46+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-31T22:56:46Z", "ms": 828313006204.0995 }, "end": { "local": "1996-04-02T07:54:09+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-01T23:54:09Z", "ms": 828402849083.0321 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-04-01T06:56:46+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-31T22:56:46Z", "ms": 828313006204.0995 }, "end": { "local": "1996-04-02T07:54:09+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-01T23:54:09Z", "ms": 828402849083.0321 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-03-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-03-31T19:09:11+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-31T11:09:11Z", "ms": 828270551348.4816 }, "end": { "local": "1996-03-31T20:41:44+08:00", "utc": "1996-03-31T12:41:44Z", "ms": 828276103598.8816 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 93, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-04-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-04-01T19:09:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-01T11:09:42Z", "ms": 828356982487.2513 }, "end": { "local": "1996-04-01T20:42:02+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-01T12:42:02Z", "ms": 828362521669.478 } }, "covered_min": 92, "window_min": 92, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 06:57 on Mon 1 Apr to 07:54 on Tue 2 Apr.", "fact": "1996-03-31T22:56:46Z → 1996-04-01T23:54:09Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:09–20:42 on the 31st, 19:10–20:42 on the 1st.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 36903 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Monday 1 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-04-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-04-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Monday 1 April. 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Caturthī runs from 04:50 on Sun 7 Apr to 03:04 on Mon 8 Apr and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/sankashta-chaturthi?on=1996-04-07", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/vaishakhi", "festival": "vaishakhi", "name": "Vaiśākhī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-04-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 40521, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 0, "key": "mesha", "name": "Meṣa", "start": { "local": "1996-04-13T19:13:49+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-13T11:13:49Z", "ms": 829394028801.8168 }, "end": { "local": "1996-05-14T16:08:38+08:00", "utc": "1996-05-14T08:08:38Z", "ms": 832061318175.5398 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "1996-04-13T19:13:49+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-13T11:13:49Z", "ms": 829394028801.8168 }, "end": { "local": "1996-04-13T19:13:49+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-13T11:13:49Z", "ms": 829394028801.8168 } }, "kaala": "day", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-04-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-04-13T06:30:12+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-12T22:30:12Z", "ms": 829348212441.2853 }, "end": { "local": "1996-04-14T06:29:10+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-13T22:29:10Z", "ms": 829434550259.0197 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1439, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-04-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-04-14T06:29:10+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-13T22:29:10Z", "ms": 829434550259.0197 }, "end": { "local": "1996-04-15T06:28:09+08:00", "utc": "1996-04-14T22:28:09Z", "ms": 829520888643.6503 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1439, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Meṣa at 19:14 on Sat 13 Apr.", "fact": "1996-04-13T11:13:49Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise: from 06:30 on the 13th, and from 06:29 on the 14th.", "fact": "day: sunrise-to-sunrise · sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "The festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from sunrise. The transit falls on the 13th, not the 14th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "An instant falls in one day and no other. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "day counted from sunrise → only-day · margin 40521 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vaiśākhī, Zunyi, 1996: Saturday 13 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "solar", "id": "vaishakhi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Mesadi — Cadaka puja (Bengal), Bahag Bihu (Assam), Cheiraoba (Manipur), Visu (T. C. State), Vaisakhi (on the samkramana day commencing from sunrise)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The other names in the row (Cadaka puja, Bahag Bihu, Cheiraoba, Visu) are regional observances and wait with the regional rows.", "rashi": "Meṣa", "day_from": "sunrise" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-04-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-04-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "1996-04-13", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." } }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "sunset-rule", "local_date": "1996-04-13", "statement": "Past sunset, the next day (the Tamil rule)", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Vaiśākhī 1996 falls on Saturday 13 April. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-04-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-04-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Varūthinī Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Sunday 14 April. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 947 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Tuesday 14 May.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-05-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-05-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Tuesday 14 May. 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It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-06-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-06-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 1996 falls on Tuesday 4 June. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-06-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-06-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Yoginī Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Tuesday 11 June. 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It is not on the 10th and is on the 11th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 33188 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī, Zunyi, 1996: Thursday 11 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. 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Ekādaśī runs from 15:17 on Wed 10 Jul to 16:25 on Thu 11 Jul and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-07-11", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-07-12", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-07-12", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "margin" ], "boundary_margin_s": 0, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-07-12T17:58:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-12T09:58:04Z", "ms": 837165483944.0236 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-13T19:50:19+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-13T11:50:19Z", "ms": 837258619266.7233 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": true, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-07-12T17:58:04+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-12T09:58:04Z", "ms": 837165483944.0236 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-13T19:50:19+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-13T11:50:19Z", "ms": 837258619266.7233 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-07-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-07-12T19:50:34+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-12T11:50:34Z", "ms": 837172234407.7985 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-12T21:12:35+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-12T13:12:35Z", "ms": 837177154854.98 } }, "covered_min": 82, "window_min": 82, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-07-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-07-13T19:50:19+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-13T11:50:19Z", "ms": 837258619494.8627 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-13T21:12:26+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-13T13:12:26Z", "ms": 837263545856.3958 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 82, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 17:58 on Fri 12 Jul to 19:50 on Sat 13 Jul.", "fact": "1996-07-12T09:58:04Z → 1996-07-13T11:50:19Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:51–21:13 on the 12th, 19:50–21:12 on the 13th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 82 of 82 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 82 on the 13th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 0 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Friday 12 July.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-12", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-12", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Friday 12 July. Trayodaśī runs from 17:58 on Fri 12 Jul to 19:50 on Sat 13 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It is 0 min 00 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-07-12", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/shivaratri?on=1996-07-13", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-07-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 9425, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-07-13T19:50:19+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-13T11:50:19Z", "ms": 837258619266.7233 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-14T21:57:15+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-14T13:57:15Z", "ms": 837352635149.7823 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": true, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-07-13T19:50:19+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-13T11:50:19Z", "ms": 837258619266.7233 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-14T21:57:15+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-14T13:57:15Z", "ms": 837352635149.7823 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-07-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-07-14T00:34:13+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-13T16:34:13Z", "ms": 837275653350.6118 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-14T01:22:13+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-13T17:22:13Z", "ms": 837278533350.6118 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-07-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-07-15T00:34:20+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-14T16:34:20Z", "ms": 837362060134.2733 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-15T01:22:20+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-14T17:22:20Z", "ms": 837364940134.2733 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 19:50 on Sat 13 Jul to 21:57 on Sun 14 Jul.", "fact": "1996-07-13T11:50:19Z → 1996-07-14T13:57:15Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:34–01:22 on the 13th, 00:34–01:22 on the 14th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. 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The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śivarātri 1996 falls on Saturday 13 July. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 3571 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Skanda Pañcamī, Zunyi, 1996: Saturday 20 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "skanda-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Skanda pancami (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-20", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Skanda Pañcamī 1996 falls on Saturday 20 July. Pañcamī runs from 09:42 on Sat 20 Jul to 11:35 on Sun 21 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/skanda-panchami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/vivasvat-saptami", "festival": "vivasvat-saptami", "name": "Vivasvat Saptamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-07-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1231, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 6, "key": "saptami", "name": "Saptamī", "start": { "local": "1996-07-22T12:58:24+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-22T04:58:24Z", "ms": 838011503784.4066 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-23T13:43:12+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-23T05:43:12Z", "ms": 838100592277.8544 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-07-22T12:58:24+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-22T04:58:24Z", "ms": 838011503784.4066 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-23T13:43:12+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-23T05:43:12Z", "ms": 838100592277.8544 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-07-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-07-22T12:34:39+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-22T04:34:39Z", "ms": 838010079258.873 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-22T13:22:39+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-22T05:22:39Z", "ms": 838012959258.873 } }, "covered_min": 24, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-07-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-07-23T12:34:41+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-23T04:34:41Z", "ms": 838096480983.2065 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-23T13:22:41+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-23T05:22:41Z", "ms": 838099360983.2065 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "purvaviddha", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Saptamī runs from 12:58 on Mon 22 Jul to 13:43 on Tue 23 Jul.", "fact": "1996-07-22T04:58:24Z → 1996-07-23T05:43:12Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:35–13:23 on the 22nd, 12:35–13:23 on the 23rd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 24 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1231 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vivasvat Saptamī, Zunyi, 1996: Monday 22 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vivasvat-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Vivasvat saptami (purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Vivasvat Saptamī 1996 falls on Monday 22 July. Saptamī runs from 12:58 on Mon 22 Jul to 13:43 on Tue 23 Jul and covers 24 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/vivasvat-saptami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-07-27", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Hariśayanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-07-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 9582, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-07-26T11:15:25+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-26T03:15:25Z", "ms": 838350925431.904 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-27T08:52:36+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-27T00:52:36Z", "ms": 838428756226.6208 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-07-26T11:15:25+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-26T03:15:25Z", "ms": 838350925431.904 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-27T08:52:36+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-27T00:52:36Z", "ms": 838428756226.6208 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-07-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-07-26T06:12:22+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-25T22:12:22Z", "ms": 838332742269.706 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-26T06:12:22+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-25T22:12:22Z", "ms": 838332742269.706 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-07-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-07-27T06:12:54+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-26T22:12:54Z", "ms": 838419174491.6736 }, "end": { "local": "1996-07-27T06:12:54+08:00", "utc": "1996-07-26T22:12:54Z", "ms": 838419174491.6736 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 11:15 on Fri 26 Jul to 08:53 on Sat 27 Jul.", "fact": "1996-07-26T03:15:25Z → 1996-07-27T00:52:36Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:12 on the 26th and 06:13 on the 27th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-07-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Hariśayanī Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Saturday 27 July. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 31788 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Sunday 11 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-08-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-08-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Sunday 11 August. 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The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-08-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-08-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śivarātri 1996 falls on Monday 12 August. 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Pūrṇimā runs from 05:29 on Wed 28 Aug to 01:52 on Thu 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/rishi-tarpana", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/ashunya-shayana-vrata", "festival": "ashunya-shayana-vrata", "name": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-08-29", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "absent-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 3116, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 16, "key": "dvitiya", "name": "Dvitīyā", "start": { "local": "1996-08-29T22:29:14+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-29T14:29:14Z", "ms": 841328953658.508 }, "end": { "local": "1996-08-30T19:30:02+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-30T11:30:02Z", "ms": 841404602398.8083 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-08-29T22:29:14+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-29T14:29:14Z", "ms": 841328953658.508 }, "end": { "local": "1996-08-30T19:30:02+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-30T11:30:02Z", "ms": 841404602398.8083 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-08-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-08-29T19:38:20+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-29T11:38:20Z", "ms": 841318700148.1777 }, "end": { "local": "1996-08-29T19:38:20+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-29T11:38:20Z", "ms": 841318700148.1777 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-08-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-08-30T20:21:58+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-30T12:21:58Z", "ms": 841407718320.7137 }, "end": { "local": "1996-08-30T20:21:58+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-30T12:21:58Z", "ms": 841407718320.7137 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "tithi-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvitīyā runs from 22:29 on Thu 29 Aug to 19:30 on Fri 30 Aug.", "fact": "1996-08-29T14:29:14Z → 1996-08-30T11:30:02Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 19:38 on the 29th and 20:22 on the 30th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Dvitīyā must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 29th and is not on the 30th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither moonrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 3116 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Thursday 29 August.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ashunya-shayana-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 2 Asunyasayana vrata (Dvitiya current at moonrise; if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day)." } ], "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-08-29", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-08-29", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Aśūnya Śayana Vrata 1996 falls on Thursday 29 August. Dvitīyā runs from 22:29 on Thu 29 Aug to 19:30 on Fri 30 Aug, and is current at moonrise on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/ashunya-shayana-vrata", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/kajjali-tritiya", "festival": "kajjali-tritiya", "name": "Kajjalī Tṛtīyā", "everyday": "Kajari Teej", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-08-31", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 13620, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 17, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "1996-08-30T19:30:02+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-30T11:30:02Z", "ms": 841404602398.8083 }, "end": { "local": "1996-08-31T17:03:27+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-31T09:03:27Z", "ms": 841482206615.148 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-08-30T19:30:02+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-30T11:30:02Z", "ms": 841404602398.8083 }, "end": { "local": "1996-08-31T17:03:27+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-31T09:03:27Z", "ms": 841482206615.148 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-08-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-08-30T12:28:45+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-30T04:28:45Z", "ms": 841379325056.4253 }, "end": { "local": "1996-08-30T13:16:45+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-30T05:16:45Z", "ms": 841382205056.4253 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-08-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-08-31T12:28:26+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-31T04:28:26Z", "ms": 841465706368.0419 }, "end": { "local": "1996-08-31T13:16:26+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-31T05:16:26Z", "ms": 841468586368.0419 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 19:30 on Fri 30 Aug to 17:03 on Sat 31 Aug.", "fact": "1996-08-30T11:30:02Z → 1996-08-31T09:03:27Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:29–13:17 on the 30th, 12:28–13:16 on the 31st.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 13620 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kajjalī Tṛtīyā, Zunyi, 1996: Saturday 31 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "kajjali-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 3 Kajjali trtiya, (paraviddha), Angaveta trtiya (Orissa)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-08-31", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-08-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Kajjalī Tṛtīyā (Kajari Teej) 1996 falls on Saturday 31 August. Tṛtīyā runs from 19:30 on Fri 30 Aug to 17:03 on Sat 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/kajjali-tritiya", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/bahula-chaturthi", "festival": "bahula-chaturthi", "name": "Bahulā Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-08-31", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1323, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "1996-08-31T17:03:27+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-31T09:03:27Z", "ms": 841482206615.148 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-01T15:16:47+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-01T07:16:47Z", "ms": 841562207257.4314 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-08-31T17:03:27+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-31T09:03:27Z", "ms": 841482206615.148 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-01T15:16:47+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-01T07:16:47Z", "ms": 841562207257.4314 } }, "kaala": "sayahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-08-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-08-31T16:41:23+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-31T08:41:23Z", "ms": 841480883451.3788 }, "end": { "local": "1996-08-31T19:14:02+08:00", "utc": "1996-08-31T11:14:02Z", "ms": 841490041506.9366 } }, "covered_min": 131, "window_min": 153, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-09-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-09-01T16:40:36+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-01T08:40:36Z", "ms": 841567236254.3008 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-01T19:12:56+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-01T11:12:56Z", "ms": 841576375501.568 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 152, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 17:03 on Sat 31 Aug to 15:17 on Sun 1 Sep.", "fact": "1996-08-31T09:03:27Z → 1996-09-01T07:16:47Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:41–19:14 on the 31st, 16:41–19:13 on the 1st.", "fact": "sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 131 of 153 minutes on the 31st and 0 of 152 on the 1st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one late afternoon qualifies. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 2745 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Zunyi, 1996: Tuesday 3 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "hala-shashthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 6 Hala sasthi (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-09-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-09-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1996 falls on Tuesday 3 September. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-09-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-09-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Ajā Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Sunday 8 September. 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Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:18 on Wed 18 Sep to 09:30 on Thu 19 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/muktabharana-vrata", "festival": "muktabharana-vrata", "name": "Muktābharaṇa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-09-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 10294, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 6, "key": "saptami", "name": "Saptamī", "start": { "local": "1996-09-19T09:30:22+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-19T01:30:22Z", "ms": 843096621622.7351 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-20T08:12:34+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-20T00:12:34Z", "ms": 843178354134.8973 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-09-19T09:30:22+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-19T01:30:22Z", "ms": 843096621622.7351 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-20T08:12:34+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-20T00:12:34Z", "ms": 843178354134.8973 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-09-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-09-19T12:21:55+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-19T04:21:55Z", "ms": 843106915480.373 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-19T13:09:55+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-19T05:09:55Z", "ms": 843109795480.373 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-09-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-09-20T12:21:34+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-20T04:21:34Z", "ms": 843193294207.3252 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-20T13:09:34+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-20T05:09:34Z", "ms": 843196174207.3252 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Saptamī runs from 09:30 on Thu 19 Sep to 08:13 on Fri 20 Sep.", "fact": "1996-09-19T01:30:22Z → 1996-09-20T00:12:34Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:22–13:10 on the 19th, 12:22–13:10 on the 20th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. 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Dvādaśī runs from 22:46 on Mon 23 Sep to 19:43 on Tue 24 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/vamana-jayanti", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-09-24", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-09-24", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2309, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-09-24T19:43:24+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-24T11:43:24Z", "ms": 843565403872.4968 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-25T16:38:01+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-25T08:38:01Z", "ms": 843640681205.495 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-09-24T19:43:24+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-24T11:43:24Z", "ms": 843565403872.4968 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-25T16:38:01+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-25T08:38:01Z", "ms": 843640681205.495 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-09-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-09-24T18:46:25+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-24T10:46:25Z", "ms": 843561985272.6162 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-24T20:21:53+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-24T12:21:53Z", "ms": 843567712908.9194 } }, "covered_min": 38, "window_min": 95, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-09-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-09-25T18:45:15+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-25T10:45:15Z", "ms": 843648315495.331 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-25T20:20:56+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-25T12:20:56Z", "ms": 843654056210.5736 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 96, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 19:43 on Tue 24 Sep to 16:38 on Wed 25 Sep.", "fact": "1996-09-24T11:43:24Z → 1996-09-25T08:38:01Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:46–20:22 on the 24th, 18:45–20:21 on the 25th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 38 of 95 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 96 on the 25th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 2309 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Tuesday 24 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-09-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-09-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Tuesday 24 September. Trayodaśī runs from 19:43 on Tue 24 Sep to 16:38 on Wed 25 Sep and covers 38 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-09-24", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/ananta-chaturdashi", "festival": "ananta-chaturdashi", "name": "Ananta Caturdaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-09-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 16236, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 13, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-09-25T16:38:01+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-25T08:38:01Z", "ms": 843640681205.495 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-26T13:37:41+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-26T05:37:41Z", "ms": 843716261439.5508 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-09-25T16:38:01+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-25T08:38:01Z", "ms": 843640681205.495 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-26T13:37:41+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-26T05:37:41Z", "ms": 843716261439.5508 } }, "kaala": "udaya-3", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-09-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-09-25T06:42:23+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-24T22:42:23Z", "ms": 843604942544.8903 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-25T09:06:57+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-25T01:06:57Z", "ms": 843613617134.9784 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 145, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-09-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-09-26T06:42:51+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-25T22:42:51Z", "ms": 843691370859.6506 }, "end": { "local": "1996-09-26T09:07:06+08:00", "utc": "1996-09-26T01:07:06Z", "ms": 843700025865.7661 } }, "covered_min": 144, "window_min": 144, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 16:38 on Wed 25 Sep to 13:38 on Thu 26 Sep.", "fact": "1996-09-25T08:38:01Z → 1996-09-26T05:37:41Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:42–09:07 on the 25th, 06:43–09:07 on the 26th.", "fact": "udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. 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It covers 98 of 98 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 98 on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Indirā Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Tuesday 8 October. 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Trayodaśī runs from 18:35 on Wed 9 Oct to 20:19 on Thu 10 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. 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The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śivarātri 1996 falls on Thursday 10 October. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. 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In other places, if it touches Sravana naksatra in the day time it is observed on that day), Sarasvati visarjana (to be observed in naksatra Sravana), Dasahara." } ], "not_evaluated": "The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.", "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day", "conjunction": { "nakshatra": "Śravaṇa", "kaala": "daytime" } }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1996 falls on Monday 21 October. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 205 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahānavamī, Zunyi, 1996: Monday 21 October.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mahanavami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.", "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-21", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Mahānavamī 1996 falls on Monday 21 October. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Tuesday 22 October. Ekādaśī runs from 08:30 on Tue 22 Oct to 06:09 on Wed 23 Oct, and is current at sunrise on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-10-22", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-10-24", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-10-24", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 20744, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-10-24T03:51:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-23T19:51:42Z", "ms": 846100302404.6608 }, "end": { "local": "1996-10-25T01:42:20+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-24T17:42:20Z", "ms": 846178939909.49 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-10-24T03:51:42+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-23T19:51:42Z", "ms": 846100302404.6608 }, "end": { "local": "1996-10-25T01:42:20+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-24T17:42:20Z", "ms": 846178939909.49 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-10-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-10-23T18:15:37+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-23T10:15:37Z", "ms": 846065737323.2428 }, "end": { "local": "1996-10-23T19:57:17+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-23T11:57:17Z", "ms": 846071836839.5156 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 102, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-10-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-10-24T18:14:44+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-24T10:14:44Z", "ms": 846152083988.6929 }, "end": { "local": "1996-10-24T19:56:36+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-24T11:56:36Z", "ms": 846158195690.7811 } }, "covered_min": 102, "window_min": 102, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 03:52 on Thu 24 Oct to 01:42 on Fri 25 Oct.", "fact": "1996-10-23T19:51:42Z → 1996-10-24T17:42:20Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:16–19:57 on the 23rd, 18:15–19:57 on the 24th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 102 minutes on the 23rd and 102 of 102 on the 24th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 20744 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Thursday 24 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-10-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Thursday 24 October. 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It is on the 29th and is not on the 30th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. 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Caturthī runs from 20:24 on Tue 29 Oct to 21:04 on Wed 30 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/karaka-chaturthi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/sankashta-chaturthi?on=1996-10-29", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-10-29", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 329, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "1996-10-29T20:24:25+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-29T12:24:25Z", "ms": 846591865211.8572 }, "end": { "local": "1996-10-30T21:03:49+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-30T13:03:49Z", "ms": 846680628622.7936 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-10-29T20:24:25+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-29T12:24:25Z", "ms": 846591865211.8572 }, "end": { "local": "1996-10-30T21:03:49+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-30T13:03:49Z", "ms": 846680628622.7936 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-10-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-10-29T20:29:55+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-29T12:29:55Z", "ms": 846592194643.683 }, "end": { "local": "1996-10-29T20:29:55+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-29T12:29:55Z", "ms": 846592194643.683 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-10-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-10-30T21:19:07+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-30T13:19:07Z", "ms": 846681546594.7754 }, "end": { "local": "1996-10-30T21:19:07+08:00", "utc": "1996-10-30T13:19:07Z", "ms": 846681546594.7754 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 20:24 on Tue 29 Oct to 21:04 on Wed 30 Oct.", "fact": "1996-10-29T12:24:25Z → 1996-10-30T13:03:49Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 20:30 on the 29th and 21:19 on the 30th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-11-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-11-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Ramā Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Thursday 7 November. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 232 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Govardhana Pūjā, Zunyi, 1996: Monday 11 November.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "govardhana-puja", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-11-11", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-11-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Govardhana Pūjā 1996 falls on Monday 11 November. Pratipadā runs from 12:16 on Mon 11 Nov to 10:55 on Tue 12 Nov and covers 44 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. 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Navamī runs from 20:09 on Mon 18 Nov to 18:18 on Tue 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/durga-navami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-11-21", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Prabodhinī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-11-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 28320, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-11-20T16:37:40+08:00", "utc": "1996-11-20T08:37:40Z", "ms": 848479060414.4237 }, "end": { "local": "1996-11-21T15:10:14+08:00", "utc": "1996-11-21T07:10:14Z", "ms": 848560214274.9265 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-11-20T16:37:40+08:00", "utc": "1996-11-20T08:37:40Z", "ms": 848479060414.4237 }, "end": { "local": "1996-11-21T15:10:14+08:00", "utc": "1996-11-21T07:10:14Z", "ms": 848560214274.9265 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-11-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-11-20T07:17:27+08:00", "utc": "1996-11-19T23:17:27Z", "ms": 848445447410.1963 }, "end": { "local": "1996-11-20T07:17:27+08:00", "utc": "1996-11-19T23:17:27Z", "ms": 848445447410.1963 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-11-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-11-21T07:18:14+08:00", "utc": "1996-11-20T23:18:14Z", "ms": 848531893983.439 }, "end": { "local": "1996-11-21T07:18:14+08:00", "utc": "1996-11-20T23:18:14Z", "ms": 848531893983.439 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 16:38 on Wed 20 Nov to 15:10 on Thu 21 Nov.", "fact": "1996-11-20T08:37:40Z → 1996-11-21T07:10:14Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:17 on the 20th and 07:18 on the 21st.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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It is on the 6th and is not on the 7th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 4511 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Utpannā Ekādaśī, Zunyi, 1996: Friday 6 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-12-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-12-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Utpannā Ekādaśī 1996 falls on Friday 6 December. Ekādaśī runs from 05:40 on Fri 6 Dec to 06:15 on Sat 7 Dec and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-12-06", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/pradosha-vrata?on=1996-12-08", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-12-08", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33129, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-12-08T06:00:28+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-07T22:00:28Z", "ms": 849996027885.5316 }, "end": { "local": "1996-12-09T04:58:09+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-08T20:58:09Z", "ms": 850078689170.25 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-12-08T06:00:28+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-07T22:00:28Z", "ms": 849996027885.5316 }, "end": { "local": "1996-12-09T04:58:09+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-08T20:58:09Z", "ms": 850078689170.25 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-12-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-12-07T17:57:15+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-07T09:57:15Z", "ms": 849952634924.8832 }, "end": { "local": "1996-12-07T19:45:45+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-07T11:45:45Z", "ms": 849959145275.7642 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 109, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "1996-12-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-12-08T17:57:26+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-08T09:57:26Z", "ms": 850039045571.6367 }, "end": { "local": "1996-12-08T19:46:00+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-08T11:46:00Z", "ms": 850045560074.306 } }, "covered_min": 109, "window_min": 109, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 06:00 on Sun 8 Dec to 04:58 on Mon 9 Dec.", "fact": "1996-12-07T22:00:28Z → 1996-12-08T20:58:09Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:57–19:46 on the 7th, 17:57–19:46 on the 8th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 33129 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Zunyi, 1996: Sunday 8 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-12-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-12-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 1996 falls on Sunday 8 December. 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Ekādaśī runs from 02:51 on Fri 20 Dec to 02:28 on Sat 21 Dec and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/zunyi/festivals/1996/ekadashi?on=1996-12-20", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/zunyi/festivals/1996/akhanda-dvadashi", "festival": "akhanda-dvadashi", "name": "Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "1783621", "year": 1996, "local_date": "1996-12-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 35901, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 11, "key": "dvadashi", "name": "Dvādaśī", "start": { "local": "1996-12-21T02:28:08+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-20T18:28:08Z", "ms": 851106488244.2817 }, "end": { "local": "1996-12-22T02:27:41+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-21T18:27:41Z", "ms": 851192860704.0823 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "1996-12-21T02:28:08+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-20T18:28:08Z", "ms": 851106488244.2817 }, "end": { "local": "1996-12-22T02:27:41+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-21T18:27:41Z", "ms": 851192860704.0823 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "1996-12-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-12-21T12:26:30+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-21T04:26:30Z", "ms": 851142389721.759 }, "end": { "local": "1996-12-21T13:14:30+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-21T05:14:30Z", "ms": 851145269721.759 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "1996-12-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "1996-12-22T12:27:00+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-22T04:27:00Z", "ms": 851228819781.3636 }, "end": { "local": "1996-12-22T13:15:00+08:00", "utc": "1996-12-22T05:15:00Z", "ms": 851231699781.3636 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvādaśī runs from 02:28 on Sat 21 Dec to 02:28 on Sun 22 Dec.", "fact": "1996-12-20T18:28:08Z → 1996-12-21T18:27:41Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:26–13:14 on the 21st, 12:27–13:15 on the 22nd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 35901 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Zunyi, 1996: Saturday 21 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "akhanda-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-12-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "1996-12-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Zunyi, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1996 falls on Saturday 21 December. 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