Monday 24 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 10:11 on Mon 24 Sep to 12:14 on Tue 25 Sep.

   2096-09-24T05:11:02Z → 2096-09-25T07:13:31Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 24th, 11:42–12:30 on the 25th.

   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 24th and 32 of 48 on the 25th.

   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 966 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 2096: Monday 24 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 2096 falls on Monday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:11 on Mon 24 Sep to 12:14 on Tue 25 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 32 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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