Wednesday 29 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 17:47 on Tue 28 Sep to 20:00 on Wed 29 Sep.

   2021-09-28T12:47:12Z → 2021-09-29T15:00:07Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:51–19:28 on the 28th, 17:50–19:27 on the 29th.

   pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 28th and 97 of 97 on the 29th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 248 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Lahore, 2021: Wednesday 29 September.

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

Say it like this

In Lahore, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2021 falls on Wednesday 29 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:47 on Tue 28 Sep to 20:00 on Wed 29 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 97 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 08 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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