Friday 5 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 17:22 on Fri 5 Oct to 18:17 on Sat 6 Oct.

   2091-10-05T07:22:05Z → 2091-10-06T08:17:22Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:01–19:32 on the 5th, 18:02–19:33 on the 6th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 91 of 91 minutes on the 5th and 16 of 91 on the 6th.

   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 951 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Sydney, 2091: Friday 5 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Sydney, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2091 falls on Friday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:22 on Fri 5 Oct to 18:17 on Sat 6 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 16 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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