Friday 28 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 11:27 on Fri 28 Oct to 11:53 on Sat 29 Oct.

   1949-10-28T04:57:05Z → 1949-10-29T05:23:20Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 28th, 11:42–12:30 on the 29th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 11 of 48 on the 29th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

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 660 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Gopāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1949: Friday 28 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Gopāṣṭamī 1949 falls on Friday 28 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:27 on Fri 28 Oct to 11:53 on Sat 29 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 11 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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