Monday 19 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:05 on Mon 19 Sep to 19:01 on Tue 20 Sep.

   2011-09-20T01:04:56Z → 2011-09-21T02:00:44Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:29–20:03 on the 19th, 18:28–20:02 on the 20th.

   pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 19th and 33 of 94 on the 20th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1452 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 2011: Monday 19 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2011 falls on Monday 19 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:05 on Mon 19 Sep to 19:01 on Tue 20 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 33 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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