Saturday 23 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 17:07 on Sat 23 Sep to 19:14 on Sun 24 Sep.

   1978-09-23T16:07:26Z → 1978-09-24T18:13:34Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:03–19:38 on the 23rd, 18:03–19:38 on the 24th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 23rd and 71 of 95 on the 24th.

   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 1443 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1978: Saturday 23 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1978 falls on Saturday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:07 on Sat 23 Sep to 19:14 on Sun 24 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 71 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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