Friday 3 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 11:52 on Thu 2 Sep to 13:13 on Fri 3 Sep.

   1965-09-02T06:51:52Z → 1965-09-03T08:13:14Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 2nd, 11:49–12:37 on the 3rd.

   madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 46 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 136 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 1965: Friday 3 September.

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

Say it like this

In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 1965 falls on Friday 3 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:52 on Thu 2 Sep to 13:13 on Fri 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 46 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 2 min 16 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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