Tuesday 14 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 19:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 20:29 on Tue 14 Sep.

   2055-09-13T16:49:53Z → 2055-09-14T17:29:12Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:18–19:50 on the 13th, 18:17–19:49 on the 14th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 92 minutes on the 13th and 92 of 92 on the 14th.

   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 22 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Mosul, 2055: Tuesday 14 September.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Mosul, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2055 falls on Tuesday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 20:29 on Tue 14 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 0 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 0 min 22 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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