Thursday 31 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 12:38 on Thu 31 Aug to 13:04 on Fri 1 Sep.

   2006-08-31T10:37:31Z → 2006-09-01T11:03:45Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:42–13:30 on the 31st, 12:42–13:30 on the 1st.

   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 31st and 22 of 48 on the 1st.

   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 279 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Berlin, 2006: Thursday 31 August.

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

Say it like this

In Berlin, Rādhāṣṭamī 2006 falls on Thursday 31 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:38 on Thu 31 Aug to 13:04 on Fri 1 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 22 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 39 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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