Wednesday 23 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 10:32 on Wed 23 Sep to 11:41 on Thu 24 Sep.

   1936-09-23T09:32:14Z → 1936-09-24T10:41:18Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 23rd, 11:35–12:23 on the 24th.

   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 23rd and 6 of 48 on the 24th.

   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 369 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1936: Wednesday 23 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Luanda, Rādhāṣṭamī 1936 falls on Wednesday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:32 on Wed 23 Sep to 11:41 on Thu 24 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 6 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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