Thursday 18 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 17:55 on Thu 18 Sep to 20:03 on Fri 19 Sep.

   2003-09-18T05:55:25Z → 2003-09-19T08:02:50Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:01–19:37 on the 18th, 18:01–19:37 on the 19th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 96 of 96 minutes on the 18th and 96 of 96 on the 19th.

   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 352 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Suva, 2003: Thursday 18 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Suva, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2003 falls on Thursday 18 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:55 on Thu 18 Sep to 20:03 on Fri 19 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 96 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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