Sunday 4 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 09:25 on Sat 3 Oct to 11:08 on Sun 4 Oct.

   1992-10-03T01:25:11Z → 1992-10-04T03:07:36Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:05–11:53 on the 3rd, 11:04–11:52 on the 4th.

   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 3rd and 3 of 48 on the 4th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

   priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 196 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1992: Sunday 4 October.

   confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1992 falls on Sunday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:25 on Sat 3 Oct to 11:08 on Sun 4 Oct and covers 3 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 3 min 16 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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