Thursday 9 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 11:58 on Thu 9 Sep to 12:23 on Fri 10 Sep.

   1948-09-09T18:57:44Z → 1948-09-10T19:23:06Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 9th, 12:01–12:49 on the 10th.

   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 9th and 22 of 48 on the 10th.

   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 208 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 1948: Thursday 9 September.

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

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Rādhāṣṭamī 1948 falls on Thursday 9 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:58 on Thu 9 Sep to 12:23 on Fri 10 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 22 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 3 min 28 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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