Friday 3 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 17:55 on Thu 2 Oct to 20:18 on Fri 3 Oct.

   1969-10-02T21:55:13Z → 1969-10-04T00:18:04Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:36–20:14 on the 2nd, 18:34–20:13 on the 3rd.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 98 of 98 minutes on the 2nd and 99 of 99 on the 3rd.

   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 314 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 1969: Friday 3 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1969 falls on Friday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:55 on Thu 2 Oct to 20:18 on Fri 3 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 98 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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