Thursday 26 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 15:42 on Thu 26 Sep to 18:10 on Fri 27 Sep.

   2013-09-26T14:42:18Z → 2013-09-27T17:09:46Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:37 on the 26th, 18:02–19:37 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 95 of 95 minutes on the 26th and 8 of 95 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 452 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 2013: Thursday 26 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2013 falls on Thursday 26 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:42 on Thu 26 Sep to 18:10 on Fri 27 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 8 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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