Saturday 28 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 17:14 on Sat 28 Sep to 19:46 on Sun 29 Sep.

   1907-09-28T22:23:04Z → 1907-09-30T00:54:35Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:55–19:29 on the 28th, 17:55–19:29 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 95 of 95 minutes on the 28th and 95 of 95 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 977 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 1907: Saturday 28 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1907 falls on Saturday 28 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:14 on Sat 28 Sep to 19:46 on Sun 29 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 95 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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