Sunday 25 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:56 on Sat 24 Sep to 20:34 on Sun 25 Sep.

   2005-09-24T17:56:00Z → 2005-09-25T19:34:06Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:41–20:17 on the 24th, 18:40–20:16 on the 25th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 81 of 96 minutes on the 24th and 96 of 96 on the 25th.

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

4. 04

   Tie-break

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

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 880 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Algiers, 2005: Sunday 25 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Algiers, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2005 falls on Sunday 25 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:56 on Sat 24 Sep to 20:34 on Sun 25 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 81 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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