Wednesday 17 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 12:56 on Wed 17 Mar to 15:32 on Thu 18 Mar.

   1982-03-17T03:55:47Z → 1982-03-18T06:32:28Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:10–12:58 on the 17th, 12:10–12:58 on the 18th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 3 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

   priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 159 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Śītalāṣṭamī, Daegu, 1982: Wednesday 17 March.

   confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Daegu, Śītalāṣṭamī 1982 falls on Wednesday 17 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:56 on Wed 17 Mar to 15:32 on Thu 18 Mar and covers 3 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 39 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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