Wednesday 25 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 19:09 on Tue 24 Sep to 18:41 on Wed 25 Sep.

   2024-09-24T07:09:23Z → 2024-09-25T06:41:18Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:37 on the 24th, 18:03–19:37 on the 25th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 28 of 95 minutes on the 24th and 39 of 95 on the 25th.

   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 1670 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Suva, 2024: Wednesday 25 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Suva, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2024 falls on Wednesday 25 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:09 on Tue 24 Sep to 18:41 on Wed 25 Sep and covers 39 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 28 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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