Friday 30 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 20:10 on Thu 29 Sep to 22:02 on Fri 30 Sep.

   2067-09-29T17:09:51Z → 2067-09-30T19:01:37Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:00–20:38 on the 29th, 18:58–20:36 on the 30th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 28 of 98 minutes on the 29th and 98 of 98 on the 30th.

   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 1671 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2067: Friday 30 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2067 falls on Friday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:10 on Thu 29 Sep to 22:02 on Fri 30 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 28 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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