Sunday 19 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Sat 18 Nov to 14:37 on Sun 19 Nov.

   1939-11-18T10:08:06Z → 1939-11-19T12:37:18Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 18th, 11:37–12:25 on the 19th.

   madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 16 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

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 980 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1939: Sunday 19 November.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 1939 falls on Sunday 19 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Sat 18 Nov to 14:37 on Sun 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 16 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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