Saturday 25 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 12:01 on Sat 25 Aug to 12:01 on Sun 26 Aug.

   2001-08-25T08:00:46Z → 2001-08-26T08:00:53Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 44 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 4 of 48 on the 26th.

   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 245 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Dubai, 2001: Saturday 25 August.

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

Say it like this

In Dubai, Rādhāṣṭamī 2001 falls on Saturday 25 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:01 on Sat 25 Aug to 12:01 on Sun 26 Aug and covers 44 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 4 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 05 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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