Sunday 16 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 19:15 on Sat 15 Sep to 18:50 on Sun 16 Sep.

   1900-09-15T09:14:49Z → 1900-09-16T08:50:04Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:10–19:47 on the 15th, 18:10–19:48 on the 16th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 32 of 97 minutes on the 15th and 40 of 97 on the 16th.

   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 1933 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Melbourne, 1900: Sunday 16 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Melbourne, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1900 falls on Sunday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:15 on Sat 15 Sep to 18:50 on Sun 16 Sep and covers 40 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 32 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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