Thursday 28 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 11:30 on Thu 28 Aug to 12:09 on Fri 29 Aug.

   2036-08-28T02:29:33Z → 2036-08-29T03:08:54Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 28th, 12:02–12:50 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 7 of 48 on the 29th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

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 401 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2036: Thursday 28 August.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daegu, Rādhāṣṭamī 2036 falls on Thursday 28 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:30 on Thu 28 Aug to 12:09 on Fri 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 7 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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