Tuesday 12 November

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 11:23 on Mon 11 Nov to 12:31 on Tue 12 Nov.

   2002-11-11T08:23:05Z → 2002-11-12T09:31:27Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:13–12:01 on the 11th, 11:13–12:01 on the 12th.

   madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 38 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

4. 04

   Tie-break

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

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 605 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Gopāṣṭamī, Riyadh, 2002: Tuesday 12 November.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Riyadh, Gopāṣṭamī 2002 falls on Tuesday 12 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:23 on Mon 11 Nov to 12:31 on Tue 12 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 38 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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