Wednesday 3 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:49 on Tue 2 Oct to 19:59 on Wed 3 Oct.

   1923-10-02T16:48:48Z → 1923-10-03T17:59:17Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:40–19:18 on the 2nd, 17:39–19:17 on the 3rd.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 29 of 97 minutes on the 2nd and 97 of 97 on the 3rd.

   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 1727 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Cairo, 1923: Wednesday 3 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Cairo, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1923 falls on Wednesday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:49 on Tue 2 Oct to 19:59 on Wed 3 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 29 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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