Sunday 2 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 12:24 on Sat 1 Sep to 13:16 on Sun 2 Sep.

   1900-09-01T19:23:33Z → 1900-09-02T20:16:21Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 1st, 12:04–12:52 on the 2nd.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 28 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

   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 1178 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 1900: Sunday 2 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Rādhāṣṭamī 1900 falls on Sunday 2 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:24 on Sat 1 Sep to 13:16 on Sun 2 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 28 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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