Thursday 14 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 08:51 on Thu 14 Nov to 11:05 on Fri 15 Nov.

   1991-11-14T00:50:47Z → 1991-11-15T03:04:52Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:00–11:48 on the 14th, 11:00–11:48 on the 15th.

   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 14th and 5 of 48 on the 15th.

   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 277 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1991: Thursday 14 November.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 1991 falls on Thursday 14 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:51 on Thu 14 Nov to 11:05 on Fri 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 5 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 37 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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