Thursday 30 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 12:12 on Thu 30 Aug to 12:08 on Fri 31 Aug.

   2063-08-30T07:12:12Z → 2063-08-31T07:08:19Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 30th, 11:50–12:38 on the 31st.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 26 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 18 of 48 on the 31st.

   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 1075 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 2063: Thursday 30 August.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

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In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 2063 falls on Thursday 30 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:12 on Thu 30 Aug to 12:08 on Fri 31 Aug and covers 26 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 18 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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