Monday 13 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 19:29 on Tue 14 Sep.

   2055-09-13T16:49:53Z → 2055-09-14T17:29:12Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:26–20:56 on the 13th, 19:24–20:54 on the 14th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 90 of 90 minutes on the 13th and 5 of 90 on the 14th.

   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 317 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Berlin, 2055: Monday 13 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Berlin, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2055 falls on Monday 13 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 19:29 on Tue 14 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 5 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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