Sunday 14 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:28 on Sat 13 Sep to 20:29 on Sun 14 Sep.

   1941-09-13T06:27:31Z → 1941-09-14T08:28:31Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:00–19:37 on the 13th, 18:01–19:37 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 69 of 96 minutes on the 13th and 96 of 96 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 1622 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Suva, 1941: Sunday 14 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Suva, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1941 falls on Sunday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:28 on Sat 13 Sep to 20:29 on Sun 14 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 69 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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