Tuesday 26 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 17:09 on Tue 26 Sep to 18:07 on Wed 27 Sep.

   1967-09-26T09:09:20Z → 1967-09-27T10:06:40Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:59–19:35 on the 26th, 17:58–19:34 on the 27th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 96 of 96 minutes on the 26th and 9 of 96 on the 27th.

   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 542 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Linyi, 1967: Tuesday 26 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Linyi, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1967 falls on Tuesday 26 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:09 on Tue 26 Sep to 18:07 on Wed 27 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 9 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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