Sunday 27 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 12:16 on Sat 26 Aug to 12:51 on Sun 27 Aug.

   1944-08-26T11:16:07Z → 1944-08-27T11:50:50Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 26th, 11:45–12:33 on the 27th.

   madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 17 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

   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 1005 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1944: Sunday 27 August.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Luanda, Rādhāṣṭamī 1944 falls on Sunday 27 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:16 on Sat 26 Aug to 12:51 on Sun 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 17 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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