Tuesday 11 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:52 on Mon 10 Sep to 19:38 on Tue 11 Sep.

   2085-09-10T08:52:08Z → 2085-09-11T09:37:47Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:07–19:46 on the 10th, 18:08–19:46 on the 11th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 53 of 99 minutes on the 10th and 90 of 98 on the 11th.

   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 497 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Melbourne, 2085: Tuesday 11 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Melbourne, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2085 falls on Tuesday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:52 on Mon 10 Sep to 19:38 on Tue 11 Sep and covers 90 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 53 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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