Wednesday 13 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 19:32 on Wed 13 Sep to 19:10 on Thu 14 Sep.

   2006-09-13T23:32:01Z → 2006-09-14T23:09:44Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:08–20:39 on the 13th, 19:06–20:38 on the 14th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 67 of 92 minutes on the 13th and 4 of 92 on the 14th.

   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 233 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 2006: Wednesday 13 September.

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

Say it like this

In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2006 falls on Wednesday 13 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:32 on Wed 13 Sep to 19:10 on Thu 14 Sep and covers 67 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 4 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 53 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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