Sunday 24 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 19:07 on Sat 23 Sep to 21:14 on Sun 24 Sep.

   1978-09-23T16:07:26Z → 1978-09-24T18:13:34Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:49–19:24 on the 23rd, 17:48–19:23 on the 24th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 17 of 95 minutes on the 23rd and 95 of 95 on the 24th.

   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 992 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Riyadh, 1978: Sunday 24 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Riyadh, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1978 falls on Sunday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:07 on Sat 23 Sep to 21:14 on Sun 24 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 17 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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