Saturday 12 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 06:42 on Sat 12 Sep to 08:13 on Sun 13 Sep.

   1914-09-12T04:57:59Z → 1914-09-13T06:29:11Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:17–19:48 on the 12th, 18:16–19:46 on the 13th.

   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 12th and 0 of 91 on the 13th.

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

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

   priority: unstated → only-day · margin 36143 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1914: Saturday 12 September.

   confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1914 falls on Saturday 12 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:42 on Sat 12 Sep to 08:13 on Sun 13 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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