Saturday 29 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 11:10 on Sat 29 Aug to 12:56 on Sun 30 Aug.

   1998-08-29T16:09:33Z → 1998-08-30T17:55:38Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 29th, 11:45–12:33 on the 30th.

   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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

   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 1370 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Lima, 1998: Saturday 29 August.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Lima, Rādhāṣṭamī 1998 falls on Saturday 29 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:10 on Sat 29 Aug to 12:56 on Sun 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 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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