Tuesday 14 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 19:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 20:29 on Tue 14 Sep.

   2055-09-13T16:49:53Z → 2055-09-14T17:29:12Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:03–20:36 on the 13th, 19:02–20:35 on the 14th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 46 of 93 minutes on the 13th and 87 of 93 on the 14th.

   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 336 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Cairo, 2055: Tuesday 14 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Cairo, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2055 falls on Tuesday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 20:29 on Tue 14 Sep and covers 87 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 46 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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