Thursday 13 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:09 on Wed 12 Sep to 20:32 on Thu 13 Sep.

   2074-09-12T23:09:21Z → 2074-09-14T01:31:32Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:40 on the 12th, 18:04–19:40 on the 13th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 91 of 96 minutes on the 12th and 96 of 96 on the 13th.

   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 301 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 2074: Thursday 13 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2074 falls on Thursday 13 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:09 on Wed 12 Sep to 20:32 on Thu 13 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 91 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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