Friday 4 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 13:25 on Thu 3 Sep to 14:04 on Fri 4 Sep.

   1992-09-03T10:25:15Z → 1992-09-04T11:03:55Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:50–13:38 on the 3rd, 12:50–13:38 on the 4th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 13 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

   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 791 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1992: Friday 4 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rādhāṣṭamī 1992 falls on Friday 4 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:25 on Thu 3 Sep to 14:04 on Fri 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 13 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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