Wednesday 16 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:07 on Wed 16 Sep to 19:10 on Thu 17 Sep.

   1908-09-16T22:07:35Z → 1908-09-17T23:10:30Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:56–19:32 on the 16th, 17:56–19:31 on the 17th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 85 of 95 minutes on the 16th and 73 of 95 on the 17th.

   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 610 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Manaus, 1908: Wednesday 16 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Manaus, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1908 falls on Wednesday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:07 on Wed 16 Sep to 19:10 on Thu 17 Sep and covers 85 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 73 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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