Monday 26 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 10:43 on Mon 26 Aug to 13:01 on Tue 27 Aug.

   1963-08-26T17:42:34Z → 1963-08-27T20:01:11Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 26th, 12:06–12:54 on the 27th.

   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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

   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 454 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 1963: Monday 26 August.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Rādhāṣṭamī 1963 falls on Monday 26 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:43 on Mon 26 Aug to 13:01 on Tue 27 Aug 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.

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