Wednesday 20 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 10:37 on Wed 20 Sep to 12:35 on Thu 21 Sep.

   2034-09-20T05:37:10Z → 2034-09-21T07:35:01Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 20th, 11:43–12:31 on the 21st.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

   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 241 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 2034: Wednesday 20 September.

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

Say it like this

In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 2034 falls on Wednesday 20 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:37 on Wed 20 Sep to 12:35 on Thu 21 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 01 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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