Monday 11 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Sun 10 Sep to 13:59 on Mon 11 Sep.

   2062-09-10T03:08:25Z → 2062-09-11T04:59:29Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 10th, 11:58–12:46 on the 11th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 38 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

   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 597 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2062: Monday 11 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daegu, Rādhāṣṭamī 2062 falls on Monday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Sun 10 Sep to 13:59 on Mon 11 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 38 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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