Sunday 11 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 09:26 on Sun 11 Sep to 11:37 on Mon 12 Sep.

   1910-09-11T07:01:06Z → 1910-09-12T09:12:18Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:29–12:17 on the 11th, 11:29–12:17 on the 12th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 9 of 48 on the 12th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

4. 04

   Tie-break

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

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 523 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Aleppo, 1910: Sunday 11 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Aleppo, Rādhāṣṭamī 1910 falls on Sunday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:26 on Sun 11 Sep to 11:37 on Mon 12 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 9 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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