Wednesday 22 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 11:43 on Wed 22 Sep to 12:08 on Thu 23 Sep.

   1909-09-22T06:12:35Z → 1909-09-23T06:37:38Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 22nd, 11:55–12:43 on the 23rd.

   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 22nd and 13 of 48 on the 23rd.

   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 752 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Indore, 1909: Wednesday 22 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Indore, Rādhāṣṭamī 1909 falls on Wednesday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:43 on Wed 22 Sep to 12:08 on Thu 23 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 13 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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