Wednesday 30 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:57 on Tue 29 Sep to 21:31 on Wed 30 Sep.

   2048-09-29T13:27:25Z → 2048-09-30T16:00:46Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:28–20:04 on the 29th, 18:27–20:03 on the 30th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 66 of 96 minutes on the 29th and 96 of 96 on the 30th.

   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 1785 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Thāne, 2048: Wednesday 30 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Thāne, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2048 falls on Wednesday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:57 on Tue 29 Sep to 21:31 on Wed 30 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 66 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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