Sunday 17 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 19:51 on Sat 16 Sep to 19:37 on Sun 17 Sep.

   2090-09-16T11:50:32Z → 2090-09-17T11:37:26Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:25–19:58 on the 16th, 18:23–19:56 on the 17th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 7 of 93 minutes on the 16th and 74 of 93 on the 17th.

   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 433 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2090: Sunday 17 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2090 falls on Sunday 17 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:51 on Sat 16 Sep to 19:37 on Sun 17 Sep and covers 74 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 7 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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