Sunday 30 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 19:28 on Sat 29 Sep to 20:37 on Sun 30 Sep.

   1934-09-29T23:28:26Z → 1934-10-01T01:37:29Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:42–20:19 on the 29th, 17:40–19:17 on the 30th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 50 of 97 minutes on the 29th and 98 of 98 on the 30th.

   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 2815 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 1934: Sunday 30 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1934 falls on Sunday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:28 on Sat 29 Sep to 20:37 on Sun 30 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 50 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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