Saturday 20 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 16:21 on Sat 20 Sep to 18:48 on Sun 21 Sep.

   1924-09-20T14:20:57Z → 1924-09-21T16:48:10Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:54–19:29 on the 20th, 17:53–19:28 on the 21st.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 20th and 55 of 95 on the 21st.

   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 2379 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Cairo, 1924: Saturday 20 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Cairo, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1924 falls on Saturday 20 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:21 on Sat 20 Sep to 18:48 on Sun 21 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 55 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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