Monday 11 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:40 on Mon 11 Sep to 18:40 on Tue 12 Sep.

   2028-09-11T12:40:24Z → 2028-09-12T12:40:22Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:59–19:33 on the 11th, 17:58–19:32 on the 12th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 52 of 93 minutes on the 11th and 42 of 93 on the 12th.

   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 2454 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2028: Monday 11 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2028 falls on Monday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:40 on Mon 11 Sep to 18:40 on Tue 12 Sep and covers 52 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 42 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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