{ "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012", "place": { "id": "3369157", "slug": "cape-town", "name": "Cape Town", "region": "Western Cape, South Africa", "country": "ZA", "lat": -33.92584, "lon": 18.42322, "elevation_m": 25, "tz": "Africa/Johannesburg" }, "year": 2012, "tradition": "smarta", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "rulings": [ { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-01-04", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Putradā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-01-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2162, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-01-04T02:42:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-04T00:42:45Z", "ms": 1325637764769.6147 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-05T05:05:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-05T03:05:43Z", "ms": 1325732743027.874 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-01-04T02:42:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-04T00:42:45Z", "ms": 1325637764769.6147 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-05T05:05:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-05T03:05:43Z", "ms": 1325732743027.874 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-01-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-04T05:40:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-04T03:40:57Z", "ms": 1325648456883.8354 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-04T05:40:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-04T03:40:57Z", "ms": 1325648456883.8354 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-01-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-05T05:41:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-05T03:41:45Z", "ms": 1325734905007.3066 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-05T05:41:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-05T03:41:45Z", "ms": 1325734905007.3066 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 02:43 on Wed 4 Jan to 05:06 on Thu 5 Jan.", "fact": "2012-01-04T00:42:45Z → 2012-01-05T03:05:43Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:41 on the 4th and 05:42 on the 5th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 4th and is not on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 2162 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Putradā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 4 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Putradā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Wednesday 4 January. Ekādaśī runs from 02:43 on Wed 4 Jan to 05:06 on Thu 5 Jan and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-01-04", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-01-06", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-01-06", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 35090, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-01-06T07:03:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-06T05:03:19Z", "ms": 1325826198647.3896 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-07T08:28:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-07T06:28:10Z", "ms": 1325917690314.7263 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-01-06T07:03:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-06T05:03:19Z", "ms": 1325826198647.3896 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-07T08:28:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-07T06:28:10Z", "ms": 1325917690314.7263 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-01-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-05T20:00:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-05T18:00:56Z", "ms": 1325786455893.0757 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-05T21:18:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-05T19:18:29Z", "ms": 1325791108994.8313 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 78, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-01-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-06T20:00:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-06T18:00:59Z", "ms": 1325872859246.0002 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-06T21:18:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-06T19:18:39Z", "ms": 1325877518584.4856 } }, "covered_min": 78, "window_min": 78, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 07:03 on Fri 6 Jan to 08:28 on Sat 7 Jan.", "fact": "2012-01-06T05:03:19Z → 2012-01-07T06:28:10Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 20:01–21:18 on the 5th, 20:01–21:19 on the 6th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 78 minutes on the 5th and 78 of 78 on the 6th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 35090 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 6 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Friday 6 January. Trayodaśī runs from 07:03 on Fri 6 Jan to 08:28 on Sat 7 Jan and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-01-06", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-01-12", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-01-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 27834, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-01-12T07:10:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-12T05:10:28Z", "ms": 1326345028323.6172 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-13T05:40:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-13T03:40:59Z", "ms": 1326426058689.8809 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-01-12T07:10:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-12T05:10:28Z", "ms": 1326345028323.6172 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-13T05:40:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-13T03:40:59Z", "ms": 1326426058689.8809 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-01-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-11T21:22:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-11T19:22:25Z", "ms": 1326309745151.2512 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-11T21:22:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-11T19:22:25Z", "ms": 1326309745151.2512 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-01-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-12T21:57:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-12T19:57:05Z", "ms": 1326398225028.1465 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-12T21:57:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-12T19:57:05Z", "ms": 1326398225028.1465 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 07:10 on Thu 12 Jan to 05:41 on Fri 13 Jan.", "fact": "2012-01-12T05:10:28Z → 2012-01-13T03:40:59Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:22 on the 11th and 21:57 on the 12th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 11th and is on the 12th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 27834 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 12 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2012 falls on Thursday 12 January. Caturthī runs from 07:10 on Thu 12 Jan to 05:41 on Fri 13 Jan and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-01-12", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/bhogi", "festival": "bhogi", "name": "Bhogi", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-01-14", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 5287, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 9, "key": "makara", "name": "Makara", "start": { "local": "2012-01-14T21:28:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T19:28:25Z", "ms": 1326569305464.856 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-13T10:28:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-13T08:28:14Z", "ms": 1329121694390.7625 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2012-01-14T21:28:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T19:28:25Z", "ms": 1326569305464.856 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-14T21:28:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T19:28:25Z", "ms": 1326569305464.856 } }, "kaala": "sunset-day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-01-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-13T20:00:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-13T18:00:30Z", "ms": 1326477629736.1978 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-14T20:00:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T18:00:18Z", "ms": 1326564017995.1873 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-01-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-14T20:00:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T18:00:18Z", "ms": 1326564017995.1873 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-15T20:00:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-15T18:00:04Z", "ms": 1326650404395.1755 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": true } ], "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "name": "Pongal", "local_date": "2012-01-15", "days": -1 }, "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Makara at 21:28 on Sat 14 Jan.", "fact": "2012-01-14T19:28:25Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day is counted from the sunset before it to its own sunset: the day of the 14th ends at 20:00, and the day of the 15th ends at 20:00.", "fact": "sunset-day: sunset-to-sunset · sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "The festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from the sunset before it: a transit after sunset belongs to the next day. The transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "An instant falls in one day and no other. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "day counted from sunset → only-day · margin 5287 s" }, { "step": "counted", "text": "Bhogi is kept the day before Pongal: Sunday 15 January is the day taken above.", "fact": "follows: pongal − 1 d" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bhogi, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 14 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "solar", "id": "bhogi", "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "days": -1 }, "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Makaradi — Makaradi snana, Magh Bihu (Assam), Tila samkranti, Pongal (S. India), Bhogi (S. India — on the day before Pongal), Mattu Pongal (S. India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } ], "rashi": "Makara", "day_from": "sunset" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "2012-01-13", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." } }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "sunrise-day", "local_date": "2012-01-13", "statement": "Counted from sunrise (the Orissa rule)", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Orissa rule: In Orissa the solar months of the Amli and Vilayati eras begin civilly on the same day (sunrise to next sunrise) as the samkranti, irrespective of whether this takes place before or after midnight." } } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Bhogi 2012 falls on Saturday 14 January. It is kept the day before Pongal, which falls on Sunday 15 January. The Sun enters Makara at 21:28 on Sat 14 Jan. The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th. 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The transit falls on the 14th, not the 15th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "An instant falls in one day and no other. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "day counted from midnight → only-day · margin 9095 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Makara Saṅkrānti, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 14 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "solar", "id": "makara-sankranti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Makaradi — Makaradi snana, Magh Bihu (Assam), Tila samkranti, Pongal (S. India), Bhogi (S. India — on the day before Pongal), Mattu Pongal (S. 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The Sun enters Makara at 21:28 on Sat 14 Jan, and the rule counts the day from midnight. 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India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The rule that heads the solar festivals, the day \"taken to begin from midnight\" (p. 106), is not applied to Pongal. It is kept on the first day of the month of Makara as the Tamil districts count it, a transit after sunset going to the next day (p. 244); the Rashtriya Panchang prints Pongal so.", "rashi": "Makara", "day_from": "sunset" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "2012-01-14", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). 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Counted from midnight, or counted from sunrise, as in Orissa, it is 14 January.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pongal", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/mattu-pongal", "festival": "mattu-pongal", "name": "Mattu Pongal", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-01-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 5287, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 9, "key": "makara", "name": "Makara", "start": { "local": "2012-01-14T21:28:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T19:28:25Z", "ms": 1326569305464.856 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-13T10:28:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-13T08:28:14Z", "ms": 1329121694390.7625 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2012-01-14T21:28:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T19:28:25Z", "ms": 1326569305464.856 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-14T21:28:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T19:28:25Z", "ms": 1326569305464.856 } }, "kaala": "sunset-day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-01-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-13T20:00:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-13T18:00:30Z", "ms": 1326477629736.1978 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-14T20:00:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T18:00:18Z", "ms": 1326564017995.1873 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-01-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-14T20:00:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-14T18:00:18Z", "ms": 1326564017995.1873 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-15T20:00:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-15T18:00:04Z", "ms": 1326650404395.1755 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": true } ], "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "name": "Pongal", "local_date": "2012-01-15", "days": 1 }, "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Makara at 21:28 on Sat 14 Jan.", "fact": "2012-01-14T19:28:25Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day is counted from the sunset before it to its own sunset: the day of the 14th ends at 20:00, and the day of the 15th ends at 20:00.", "fact": "sunset-day: sunset-to-sunset · sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "The festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from the sunset before it: a transit after sunset belongs to the next day. 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India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } ], "rashi": "Makara", "day_from": "sunset" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "2012-01-15", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). 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The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Thursday 19 January. Ekādaśī runs from 18:00 on Wed 18 Jan to 16:00 on Thu 19 Jan and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-01-19", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-01-20", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-01-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 21200, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-01-20T14:05:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-20T12:05:09Z", "ms": 1327061108730.1685 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-21T12:19:54+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-21T10:19:54Z", "ms": 1327141194158.4084 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-01-20T14:05:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-20T12:05:09Z", "ms": 1327061108730.1685 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-21T12:19:54+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-21T10:19:54Z", "ms": 1327141194158.4084 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-01-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-20T19:58:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-20T17:58:29Z", "ms": 1327082308902.1438 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-20T21:18:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-20T19:18:12Z", "ms": 1327087092256.037 } }, "covered_min": 80, "window_min": 80, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-01-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-21T19:58:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-21T17:58:04Z", "ms": 1327168684391.47 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-21T21:17:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-21T19:17:59Z", "ms": 1327173478942.7124 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 80, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 14:05 on Fri 20 Jan to 12:20 on Sat 21 Jan.", "fact": "2012-01-20T12:05:09Z → 2012-01-21T10:19:54Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:58–21:18 on the 20th, 19:58–21:18 on the 21st.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 80 of 80 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 80 on the 21st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 21200 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 20 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Friday 20 January. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 34056 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 21 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 17516 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Yama Tarpaṇa, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 22 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "yama-tarpana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)" } ], "kaala": "arunodaya", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Yama Tarpaṇa 2012 falls on Sunday 22 January. Caturdaśī runs from 12:20 on Sat 21 Jan to 10:49 on Sun 22 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/yama-tarpana", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ganesha-jayanti", "festival": "ganesha-jayanti", "name": "Gaṇeśa Jayantī", "everyday": "Maghi Ganesh Jayanti", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-01-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8238, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-01-26T09:11:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-26T07:11:44Z", "ms": 1327561904396.3147 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-27T10:17:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-27T08:17:24Z", "ms": 1327652244128.4482 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-01-26T09:11:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-26T07:11:44Z", "ms": 1327561904396.3147 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-27T10:17:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-27T08:17:24Z", "ms": 1327652244128.4482 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-01-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-26T12:34:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-26T10:34:30Z", "ms": 1327574069522.4797 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-26T13:22:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-26T11:22:30Z", "ms": 1327576949522.4797 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-01-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-01-27T12:34:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-27T10:34:42Z", "ms": 1327660482220.7725 }, "end": { "local": "2012-01-27T13:22:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-01-27T11:22:42Z", "ms": 1327663362220.7725 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 09:12 on Thu 26 Jan to 10:17 on Fri 27 Jan.", "fact": "2012-01-26T07:11:44Z → 2012-01-27T08:17:24Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:34–13:22 on the 26th, 12:35–13:23 on the 27th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 8238 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 26 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ganesha-jayanti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2012 falls on Thursday 26 January. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 34657 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Tila Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 26 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "tila-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Tila Caturthī 2012 falls on Thursday 26 January. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2060 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śrī Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 27 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shri-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Sri Pancami (purvaviddha), Sarasvati puja (Bengal), Vasanta pancami, Madana pancami." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śrī Pañcamī 2012 falls on Friday 27 January. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 2060 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vasanta Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 27 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vasanta-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Sri Pancami (purvaviddha), Sarasvati puja (Bengal), Vasanta pancami, Madana pancami." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-01-27", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vasanta Pañcamī 2012 falls on Friday 27 January. 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It covers 0 of 83 minutes on the 4th and 83 of 83 on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 17534 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 5 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Sunday 5 February. Trayodaśī runs from 02:08 on Sun 5 Feb to 02:04 on Mon 6 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-02-05", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/maghi-purnima", "festival": "maghi-purnima", "name": "Māghī Pūrṇimā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-02-07", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 37777, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2012-02-07T01:17:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-06T23:17:18Z", "ms": 1328570237981.7456 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-07T23:53:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-07T21:53:45Z", "ms": 1328651624936.273 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-02-07T01:17:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-06T23:17:18Z", "ms": 1328570237981.7456 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-07T23:53:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-07T21:53:45Z", "ms": 1328651624936.273 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-02-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-02-06T12:36:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-06T10:36:04Z", "ms": 1328524564167.3032 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-06T13:24:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-06T11:24:04Z", "ms": 1328527444167.3032 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-02-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-02-07T12:36:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-07T10:36:08Z", "ms": 1328610967874.3364 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-07T13:24:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-07T11:24:08Z", "ms": 1328613847874.3364 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 01:17 on Tue 7 Feb to 23:54 on Tue 7 Feb.", "fact": "2012-02-06T23:17:18Z → 2012-02-07T21:53:45Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:36–13:24 on the 6th, 12:36–13:24 on the 7th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 37777 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Māghī Pūrṇimā, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 7 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "maghi-purnima", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Maghi purnima (paraviddha)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2012 falls on Tuesday 7 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:17 on Tue 7 Feb to 23:54 on Tue 7 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/maghi-purnima", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-02-10", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-02-10", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 13436, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-02-10T17:22:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-10T15:22:51Z", "ms": 1328887370751.148 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-11T14:53:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-11T12:53:44Z", "ms": 1328964823774.995 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-02-10T17:22:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-10T15:22:51Z", "ms": 1328887370751.148 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-11T14:53:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-11T12:53:44Z", "ms": 1328964823774.995 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-02-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-02-10T21:06:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-10T19:06:47Z", "ms": 1328900807021.5403 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-10T21:06:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-10T19:06:47Z", "ms": 1328900807021.5403 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-02-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-02-11T21:43:31+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-11T19:43:31Z", "ms": 1328989410989.7654 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-11T21:43:31+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-11T19:43:31Z", "ms": 1328989410989.7654 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 17:23 on Fri 10 Feb to 14:54 on Sat 11 Feb.", "fact": "2012-02-10T15:22:51Z → 2012-02-11T12:53:44Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:07 on the 10th and 21:44 on the 11th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 10th and is not on the 11th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 13436 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 10 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. 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If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day" } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "disputed", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-19", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-19", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahāśivarātri 2012 falls on Sunday 19 February. Caturdaśī runs from 00:35 on Mon 20 Feb to 00:22 on Tue 21 Feb and covers all of niśītha that night. 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It covers 0 of 87 minutes on the 18th and 87 of 87 on the 19th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 12774 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 19 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Sunday 19 February. Trayodaśī runs from 01:08 on Sun 19 Feb to 00:35 on Mon 20 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-02-19", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-02-25", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-02-25", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 22471, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-02-25T04:09:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-25T02:09:24Z", "ms": 1330135764105.2935 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-26T06:20:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-26T04:20:29Z", "ms": 1330230029287.3694 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-02-25T04:09:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-25T02:09:24Z", "ms": 1330135764105.2935 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-26T06:20:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-26T04:20:29Z", "ms": 1330230029287.3694 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-02-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-02-25T12:35:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-25T10:35:10Z", "ms": 1330166109903.1897 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-25T13:23:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-25T11:23:10Z", "ms": 1330168989903.1897 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-02-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-02-26T12:35:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-26T10:35:00Z", "ms": 1330252500457.3245 }, "end": { "local": "2012-02-26T13:23:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-02-26T11:23:00Z", "ms": 1330255380457.3245 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 04:09 on Sat 25 Feb to 06:20 on Sun 26 Feb.", "fact": "2012-02-25T02:09:24Z → 2012-02-26T04:20:29Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:35–13:23 on the 25th, 12:35–13:23 on the 26th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 22471 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 25 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-02-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2012 falls on Saturday 25 February. Caturthī runs from 04:09 on Sat 25 Feb to 06:20 on Sun 26 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-02-25", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-03-04", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Āmalakī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-03-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 41864, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-03-03T18:57:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-03T16:57:55Z", "ms": 1330793874959.675 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-04T19:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-04T17:00:17Z", "ms": 1330880417085.3296 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-03-03T18:57:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-03T16:57:55Z", "ms": 1330793874959.675 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-04T19:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-04T17:00:17Z", "ms": 1330880417085.3296 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-03-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-04T06:37:11+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-04T04:37:11Z", "ms": 1330835830951.808 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-04T06:37:11+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-04T04:37:11Z", "ms": 1330835830951.808 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-03-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-05T06:38:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-05T04:38:01Z", "ms": 1330922280955.2864 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-05T06:38:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-05T04:38:01Z", "ms": 1330922280955.2864 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 18:58 on Sat 3 Mar to 19:00 on Sun 4 Mar.", "fact": "2012-03-03T16:57:55Z → 2012-03-04T17:00:17Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:37 on the 4th and 06:38 on the 5th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Āmalakī Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Sunday 4 March. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 3905 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 5 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Monday 5 March. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 8427 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Holikā Dahana, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 7 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "holika-dahana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana." } ], "not_evaluated": "The hour the row gives for the rite (\"it should be observed on second half of purnima at night\") is not tested: sāyāhna alone settles the day.", "kaala": "sayahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Holikā Dahana 2012 falls on Wednesday 7 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 11:39 on Thu 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/holika-dahana", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/holi", "festival": "holi", "name": "Holī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-03-08", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8427, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2012-03-07T14:22:53+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-07T12:22:53Z", "ms": 1331122972645.581 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-08T11:39:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-08T09:39:29Z", "ms": 1331199568959.7388 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-03-07T14:22:53+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-07T12:22:53Z", "ms": 1331122972645.581 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-08T11:39:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-08T09:39:29Z", "ms": 1331199568959.7388 } }, "kaala": "sayahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-03-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-07T16:43:20+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-07T14:43:20Z", "ms": 1331131399568.5095 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-07T19:14:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-07T17:14:14Z", "ms": 1331140454476.5293 } }, "covered_min": 151, "window_min": 151, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-03-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-08T16:42:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-08T14:42:27Z", "ms": 1331217746508.9907 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-08T19:12:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-08T17:12:56Z", "ms": 1331226775901.3171 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 150, "qualifies": false } ], "follows": { "festival": "holika-dahana", "name": "Holikā Dahana", "local_date": "2012-03-07", "days": 1 }, "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 14:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 11:39 on Thu 8 Mar.", "fact": "2012-03-07T12:22:53Z → 2012-03-08T09:39:29Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:43–19:14 on the 7th, 16:42–19:13 on the 8th.", "fact": "sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 151 of 151 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 150 on the 8th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 8427 s" }, { "step": "counted", "text": "Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 7 March is the day taken above.", "fact": "follows: holika-dahana + 1 d" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Holī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 8 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "holi", "follows": { "festival": "holika-dahana", "days": 1 }, "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana." } ], "kaala": "sayahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Holī 2012 falls on Thursday 8 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 7 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 11:39 on Thu 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 7th.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/holi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vasantotsava", "festival": "vasantotsava", "name": "Vasantotsava", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-03-09", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 6935, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 15, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2012-03-08T11:39:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-08T09:39:29Z", "ms": 1331199568959.7388 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-09T08:36:52+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-09T06:36:52Z", "ms": 1331275012261.9644 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-03-08T11:39:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-08T09:39:29Z", "ms": 1331199568959.7388 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-09T08:36:52+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-09T06:36:52Z", "ms": 1331275012261.9644 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-03-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-08T06:40:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-08T04:40:29Z", "ms": 1331181628939.6846 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-08T06:40:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-08T04:40:29Z", "ms": 1331181628939.6846 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-03-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-09T06:41:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-09T04:41:18Z", "ms": 1331268077637.8555 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-09T06:41:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-09T04:41:18Z", "ms": 1331268077637.8555 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 11:39 on Thu 8 Mar to 08:37 on Fri 9 Mar.", "fact": "2012-03-08T09:39:29Z → 2012-03-09T06:36:52Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:40 on the 8th and 06:41 on the 9th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 8th and is on the 9th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 6935 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vasantotsava, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 9 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vasantotsava", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 1 Vasantotsava (current at sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)." } ], "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-09", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-09", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vasantotsava 2012 falls on Friday 9 March. 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It is not on the 10th and is on the 11th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 7816 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 11 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2012 falls on Sunday 11 March. Caturthī runs from 02:15 on Sun 11 Mar to 23:14 on Sun 11 Mar and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-03-11", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/shitalashtami", "festival": "shitalashtami", "name": "Śītalāṣṭamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-03-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 5151, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 22, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2012-03-14T16:12:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-14T14:12:35Z", "ms": 1331734355354.1829 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-15T14:44:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-15T12:44:42Z", "ms": 1331815481546.4192 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-03-14T16:12:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-14T14:12:35Z", "ms": 1331734355354.1829 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-15T14:44:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-15T12:44:42Z", "ms": 1331815481546.4192 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-03-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-14T12:31:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-14T10:31:07Z", "ms": 1331721067016.0298 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-14T13:19:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-14T11:19:07Z", "ms": 1331723947016.0298 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-03-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-15T12:30:50+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-15T10:30:50Z", "ms": 1331807450220.517 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-15T13:18:50+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-15T11:18:50Z", "ms": 1331810330220.517 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 16:13 on Wed 14 Mar to 14:45 on Thu 15 Mar.", "fact": "2012-03-14T14:12:35Z → 2012-03-15T12:44:42Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:31–13:19 on the 14th, 12:31–13:19 on the 15th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 5151 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śītalāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 15 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shitalashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śītalāṣṭamī 2012 falls on Thursday 15 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:13 on Wed 14 Mar to 14:45 on Thu 15 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/shitalashtami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-03-18", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-03-18", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 22540, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-03-17T13:11:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-17T11:11:32Z", "ms": 1331982691929.89 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-18T13:04:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-18T11:04:05Z", "ms": 1332068645024.8865 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-03-17T13:11:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-17T11:11:32Z", "ms": 1331982691929.89 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-18T13:04:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-18T11:04:05Z", "ms": 1332068645024.8865 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-03-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-17T06:47:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-17T04:47:38Z", "ms": 1331959658055.576 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-17T06:47:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-17T04:47:38Z", "ms": 1331959658055.576 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-03-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-18T06:48:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-18T04:48:25Z", "ms": 1332046104647.83 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-18T06:48:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-18T04:48:25Z", "ms": 1332046104647.83 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 13:12 on Sat 17 Mar to 13:04 on Sun 18 Mar.", "fact": "2012-03-17T11:11:32Z → 2012-03-18T11:04:05Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:48 on the 17th and 06:48 on the 18th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 17th and is on the 18th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 22540 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 18 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Sunday 18 March. Ekādaśī runs from 13:12 on Sat 17 Mar to 13:04 on Sun 18 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-03-18", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-03-19", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-03-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 17666, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-03-19T13:21:13+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-19T11:21:13Z", "ms": 1332156072847.0845 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-20T14:02:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-20T12:02:24Z", "ms": 1332244943749.8423 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-03-19T13:21:13+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-19T11:21:13Z", "ms": 1332156072847.0845 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-20T14:02:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-20T12:02:24Z", "ms": 1332244943749.8423 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-03-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-19T18:58:11+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-19T16:58:11Z", "ms": 1332176291427.9004 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-19T20:33:06+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-19T18:33:06Z", "ms": 1332181985543.65 } }, "covered_min": 95, "window_min": 95, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-03-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-20T18:56:50+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-20T16:56:50Z", "ms": 1332262609987.0256 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-20T20:32:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-20T18:32:01Z", "ms": 1332268321104.4546 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 95, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 13:21 on Mon 19 Mar to 14:02 on Tue 20 Mar.", "fact": "2012-03-19T11:21:13Z → 2012-03-20T12:02:24Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:58–20:33 on the 19th, 18:57–20:32 on the 20th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 95 on the 20th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 17666 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 19 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Monday 19 March. Trayodaśī runs from 13:21 on Mon 19 Mar to 14:02 on Tue 20 Mar and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-03-19", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-03-20", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-03-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33710, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-03-20T14:02:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-20T12:02:24Z", "ms": 1332244943749.8423 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-21T15:07:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-21T13:07:39Z", "ms": 1332335258687.2737 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-03-20T14:02:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-20T12:02:24Z", "ms": 1332244943749.8423 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-21T15:07:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-21T13:07:39Z", "ms": 1332335258687.2737 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-03-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-21T00:29:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-20T22:29:47Z", "ms": 1332282586677.384 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-21T01:17:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-20T23:17:47Z", "ms": 1332285466677.384 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-03-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-22T00:29:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-21T22:29:29Z", "ms": 1332368968888.6616 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-22T01:17:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-21T23:17:29Z", "ms": 1332371848888.6616 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 14:02 on Tue 20 Mar to 15:08 on Wed 21 Mar.", "fact": "2012-03-20T12:02:24Z → 2012-03-21T13:07:39Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:30–01:18 on the 20th, 00:29–01:17 on the 21st.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 33710 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 20 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2012 falls on Tuesday 20 March. Caturdaśī runs from 14:02 on Tue 20 Mar to 15:08 on Wed 21 Mar and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-03-20", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/navaratra-arambha-caitra", "festival": "navaratra-arambha-caitra", "name": "Navarātrārambha (Caitra)", "everyday": "Chaitra Navratri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-03-23", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 12019, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 0, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2012-03-22T16:37:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-22T14:37:07Z", "ms": 1332427026831.088 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-23T18:30:20+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-23T16:30:20Z", "ms": 1332520220239.3325 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-03-22T16:37:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-22T14:37:07Z", "ms": 1332427026831.088 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-23T18:30:20+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-23T16:30:20Z", "ms": 1332520220239.3325 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-03-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-22T12:28:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-22T10:28:48Z", "ms": 1332412128131.0618 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-22T13:16:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-22T11:16:48Z", "ms": 1332415008131.0618 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-03-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-23T12:28:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-23T10:28:30Z", "ms": 1332498510256.4373 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-23T13:16:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-23T11:16:30Z", "ms": 1332501390256.4373 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 16:37 on Thu 22 Mar to 18:30 on Fri 23 Mar.", "fact": "2012-03-22T14:37:07Z → 2012-03-23T16:30:20Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:29–13:17 on the 22nd, 12:29–13:17 on the 23rd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. 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Tṛtīyā runs from 20:45 on Sat 24 Mar to 23:17 on Sun 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/saubhagya-shayana-vrata", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-03-26", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-03-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 36080, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-03-25T23:17:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-25T21:17:14Z", "ms": 1332710234378.3372 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-27T01:58:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-26T23:58:26Z", "ms": 1332806306399.581 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-03-25T23:17:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-25T21:17:14Z", "ms": 1332710234378.3372 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-27T01:58:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-26T23:58:26Z", "ms": 1332806306399.581 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-03-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-25T12:27:54+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-25T10:27:54Z", "ms": 1332671274353.6606 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-25T13:15:54+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-25T11:15:54Z", "ms": 1332674154353.6606 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-03-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-03-26T12:27:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-26T10:27:36Z", "ms": 1332757656359.9033 }, "end": { "local": "2012-03-26T13:15:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-03-26T11:15:36Z", "ms": 1332760536359.9033 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 23:17 on Sun 25 Mar to 01:58 on Tue 27 Mar.", "fact": "2012-03-25T21:17:14Z → 2012-03-26T23:58:26Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:28–13:16 on the 25th, 12:28–13:16 on the 26th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 6458 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rāma Navamī, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 31 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rama-navami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 9 Ramanavami (madhyahnavyapini, special with Punarvasu naks.), Rama jayanti." } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special when it falls with Punarvasu nakṣatra; the nakṣatra is not tested.", "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-31", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-03-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rāma Navamī 2012 falls on Saturday 31 March. 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It is not on the 2nd and is on the 3rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 6753 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kāmadā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 3 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kāmadā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Tuesday 3 April. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 20213 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Anaṅga Trayodaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 4 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ananga-trayodashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 13 Ananga trayodasi (purvaviddha), Mahavira jayanti (Jain)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Anaṅga Trayodaśī 2012 falls on Wednesday 4 April. Trayodaśī runs from 06:48 on Wed 4 Apr to 04:04 on Thu 5 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ananga-trayodashi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-04-04", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-04-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 28087, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-04-04T06:48:03+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-04T04:48:03Z", "ms": 1333514883224.5144 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-05T04:04:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-05T02:04:08Z", "ms": 1333591447667.7444 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-04-04T06:48:03+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-04T04:48:03Z", "ms": 1333514883224.5144 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-05T04:04:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-05T02:04:08Z", "ms": 1333591447667.7444 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-04-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-04-03T18:37:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-03T16:37:57Z", "ms": 1333471076611.5745 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-03T20:17:03+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-03T18:17:03Z", "ms": 1333477023128.117 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 99, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-04-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-04-04T18:36:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-04T16:36:37Z", "ms": 1333557397230.4731 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-04T20:16:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-04T18:16:00Z", "ms": 1333563360276.4185 } }, "covered_min": 99, "window_min": 99, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 06:48 on Wed 4 Apr to 04:04 on Thu 5 Apr.", "fact": "2012-04-04T04:48:03Z → 2012-04-05T02:04:08Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:38–20:17 on the 3rd, 18:37–20:16 on the 4th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 28087 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 4 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Wednesday 4 April. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 29179 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 6 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "chaitri-purnima", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2012 falls on Friday 6 April. 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Caturthī runs from 10:34 on Mon 9 Apr to 07:28 on Tue 10 Apr and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-04-09", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vaishakhi", "festival": "vaishakhi", "name": "Vaiśākhī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-04-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 31302, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 0, "key": "mesha", "name": "Meṣa", "start": { "local": "2012-04-13T15:49:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-13T13:49:39Z", "ms": 1334324979430.8855 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-14T12:40:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-14T10:40:17Z", "ms": 1336992016558.9287 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2012-04-13T15:49:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-13T13:49:39Z", "ms": 1334324979430.8855 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-13T15:49:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-13T13:49:39Z", "ms": 1334324979430.8855 } }, "kaala": "day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-04-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-04-12T07:07:13+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-12T05:07:13Z", "ms": 1334207232524.975 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-13T07:07:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-13T05:07:57Z", "ms": 1334293677343.4248 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1441, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-04-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-04-13T07:07:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-13T05:07:57Z", "ms": 1334293677343.4248 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-14T07:08:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-14T05:08:42Z", "ms": 1334380122227.842 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1441, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Meṣa at 15:50 on Fri 13 Apr.", "fact": "2012-04-13T13:49:39Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise: from 07:07 on the 12th, and from 07:08 on the 13th.", "fact": "day: sunrise-to-sunrise · sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "The festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from sunrise. The transit falls on the 13th, not the 12th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "An instant falls in one day and no other. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "day counted from sunrise → only-day · margin 31302 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vaiśākhī, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 13 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "solar", "id": "vaishakhi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Mesadi — Cadaka puja (Bengal), Bahag Bihu (Assam), Cheiraoba (Manipur), Visu (T. C. State), Vaisakhi (on the samkramana day commencing from sunrise)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The other names in the row (Cadaka puja, Bahag Bihu, Cheiraoba, Visu) are regional observances and wait with the regional rows.", "rashi": "Meṣa", "day_from": "sunrise" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "2012-04-13", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." } }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "sunset-rule", "local_date": "2012-04-13", "statement": "Past sunset, the next day (the Tamil rule)", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vaiśākhī 2012 falls on Friday 13 April. The Sun enters Meṣa at 15:50 on Fri 13 Apr, and the rule counts the day from sunrise.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vaishakhi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-04-16", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Varūthinī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-04-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 20033, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-04-16T00:41:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-15T22:41:35Z", "ms": 1334529695092.7522 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-17T01:37:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-16T23:37:04Z", "ms": 1334619424068.091 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 1, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Vaiśākha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-04-16T00:41:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-15T22:41:35Z", "ms": 1334529695092.7522 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-17T01:37:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-16T23:37:04Z", "ms": 1334619424068.091 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-04-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-04-16T07:10:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-16T05:10:12Z", "ms": 1334553012202.2258 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-16T07:10:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-16T05:10:12Z", "ms": 1334553012202.2258 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-04-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-04-17T07:10:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-17T05:10:57Z", "ms": 1334639457292.7056 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-17T07:10:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-17T05:10:57Z", "ms": 1334639457292.7056 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 00:42 on Mon 16 Apr to 01:37 on Tue 17 Apr.", "fact": "2012-04-15T22:41:35Z → 2012-04-16T23:37:04Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:10 on the 16th and 07:11 on the 17th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Varūthinī Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Monday 16 April. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 25052 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 18 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-04-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Wednesday 18 April. Trayodaśī runs from 03:01 on Wed 18 Apr to 04:48 on Thu 19 Apr and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-04-18", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-04-19", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-04-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 13098, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-04-19T04:48:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-19T02:48:01Z", "ms": 1334803680712.6846 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-20T06:55:23+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-20T04:55:23Z", "ms": 1334897722727.2063 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 1, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Vaiśākha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-04-19T04:48:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-19T02:48:01Z", "ms": 1334803680712.6846 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-20T06:55:23+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-20T04:55:23Z", "ms": 1334897722727.2063 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-04-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-04-19T00:21:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-18T22:21:43Z", "ms": 1334787702877.726 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-19T01:09:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-18T23:09:43Z", "ms": 1334790582877.726 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-04-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-04-20T00:21:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-19T22:21:30Z", "ms": 1334874090142.7664 }, "end": { "local": "2012-04-20T01:09:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-04-19T23:09:30Z", "ms": 1334876970142.7664 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 04:48 on Thu 19 Apr to 06:55 on Fri 20 Apr.", "fact": "2012-04-19T02:48:01Z → 2012-04-20T04:55:23Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:22–01:10 on the 18th, 00:22–01:10 on the 19th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aparā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Wednesday 16 May. Ekādaśī runs from 13:59 on Tue 15 May to 15:52 on Wed 16 May and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-05-16", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-05-18", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-05-18", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 917, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-05-17T18:06:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-17T16:06:56Z", "ms": 1337270815780.0051 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-18T20:36:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-18T18:36:26Z", "ms": 1337366186078.2183 }, "month": { "amanta": 1, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Vaiśākha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-05-17T18:06:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-17T16:06:56Z", "ms": 1337270815780.0051 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-18T20:36:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-18T18:36:26Z", "ms": 1337366186078.2183 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-05-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-17T17:51:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-17T15:51:39Z", "ms": 1337269898854.147 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-17T19:41:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-17T17:41:19Z", "ms": 1337276479191.5251 } }, "covered_min": 94, "window_min": 110, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-05-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-18T17:51:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-18T15:51:01Z", "ms": 1337356261121.4126 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-18T19:40:52+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-18T17:40:52Z", "ms": 1337362852185.8074 } }, "covered_min": 110, "window_min": 110, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 18:07 on Thu 17 May to 20:36 on Fri 18 May.", "fact": "2012-05-17T16:06:56Z → 2012-05-18T18:36:26Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:52–19:41 on the 17th, 17:51–19:41 on the 18th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 110 minutes on the 17th and 110 of 110 on the 18th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 917 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 18 May.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-18", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-18", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Friday 18 May. Trayodaśī runs from 18:07 on Thu 17 May to 20:36 on Fri 18 May and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 94 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-05-18", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-05-18", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-05-18", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 4005, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-05-18T20:36:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-18T18:36:26Z", "ms": 1337366186078.2183 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-19T23:12:16+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-19T21:12:16Z", "ms": 1337461935759.5586 }, "month": { "amanta": 1, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Vaiśākha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-05-18T20:36:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-18T18:36:26Z", "ms": 1337366186078.2183 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-19T23:12:16+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-19T21:12:16Z", "ms": 1337461935759.5586 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-05-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-19T00:18:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-18T22:18:58Z", "ms": 1337379537612.8928 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-19T01:06:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-18T23:06:58Z", "ms": 1337382417612.8928 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-05-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-20T00:19:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-19T22:19:01Z", "ms": 1337465940652.7217 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-20T01:07:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-19T23:07:01Z", "ms": 1337468820652.7217 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 20:36 on Fri 18 May to 23:12 on Sat 19 May.", "fact": "2012-05-18T18:36:26Z → 2012-05-19T21:12:16Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:19–01:07 on the 18th, 00:19–01:07 on the 19th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4005 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 18 May.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2012 falls on Friday 18 May. Caturdaśī runs from 20:36 on Fri 18 May to 23:12 on Sat 19 May and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-05-18", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/rambha-tritiya", "festival": "rambha-tritiya", "name": "Rambhā Tṛtīyā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-05-23", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 14388, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 2, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "2012-05-23T06:26:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-23T04:26:44Z", "ms": 1337747204073.689 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-24T08:19:15+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-24T06:19:15Z", "ms": 1337840355243.84 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-05-23T06:26:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-23T04:26:44Z", "ms": 1337747204073.689 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-24T08:19:15+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-24T06:19:15Z", "ms": 1337840355243.84 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-05-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-23T12:18:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-23T10:18:58Z", "ms": 1337768337785.4492 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-23T13:06:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-23T11:06:58Z", "ms": 1337771217785.4492 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-05-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-24T12:19:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-24T10:19:04Z", "ms": 1337854743653.577 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-24T13:07:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-24T11:07:04Z", "ms": 1337857623653.577 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 06:27 on Wed 23 May to 08:19 on Thu 24 May.", "fact": "2012-05-23T04:26:44Z → 2012-05-24T06:19:15Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:19–13:07 on the 23rd, 12:19–13:07 on the 24th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 14388 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rambhā Tṛtīyā, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 23 May.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rambha-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Rambha trtiya (purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rambhā Tṛtīyā 2012 falls on Wednesday 23 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 06:27 on Wed 23 May to 08:19 on Thu 24 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/rambha-tritiya", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-05-24", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-05-24", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 9207, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-05-24T08:19:15+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-24T06:19:15Z", "ms": 1337840355243.84 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-25T09:45:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-25T07:45:43Z", "ms": 1337931943441.843 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-05-24T08:19:15+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-24T06:19:15Z", "ms": 1337840355243.84 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-25T09:45:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-25T07:45:43Z", "ms": 1337931943441.843 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-05-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-24T12:19:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-24T10:19:04Z", "ms": 1337854743653.577 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-24T13:07:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-24T11:07:04Z", "ms": 1337857623653.577 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-05-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-25T12:19:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-25T10:19:10Z", "ms": 1337941150011.1958 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-25T13:07:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-25T11:07:10Z", "ms": 1337944030011.1958 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 08:19 on Thu 24 May to 09:46 on Fri 25 May.", "fact": "2012-05-24T06:19:15Z → 2012-05-25T07:45:43Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:19–13:07 on the 24th, 12:19–13:07 on the 25th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9207 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 24 May.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2012 falls on Thursday 24 May. Caturthī runs from 08:19 on Thu 24 May to 09:46 on Fri 25 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-05-24", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/aranya-gauri-vrata", "festival": "aranya-gauri-vrata", "name": "Araṇya Gaurī Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-05-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 4755, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 5, "key": "shashthi", "name": "Ṣaṣṭhī", "start": { "local": "2012-05-26T10:40:50+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-26T08:40:50Z", "ms": 1338021649718.3223 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-27T11:00:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-27T09:00:10Z", "ms": 1338109209612.363 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-05-26T10:40:50+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-26T08:40:50Z", "ms": 1338021649718.3223 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-27T11:00:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-27T09:00:10Z", "ms": 1338109209612.363 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-05-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-26T12:19:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-26T10:19:17Z", "ms": 1338027556843.7686 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-26T13:07:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-26T11:07:17Z", "ms": 1338030436843.7686 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-05-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-27T12:19:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-27T10:19:24Z", "ms": 1338113964136.3823 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-27T13:07:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-27T11:07:24Z", "ms": 1338116844136.3823 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:41 on Sat 26 May to 11:00 on Sun 27 May.", "fact": "2012-05-26T08:40:50Z → 2012-05-27T09:00:10Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:19–13:07 on the 26th, 12:19–13:07 on the 27th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 4755 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 26 May.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "aranya-gauri-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 6 Aranya sasthi, Aranya gauri vrata, (paraviddha), Skanda sasthi, (purvaviddha), Sitala sasthi yatra (Orissa)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 2012 falls on Saturday 26 May. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:41 on Sat 26 May to 11:00 on Sun 27 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/aranya-gauri-vrata", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/skanda-shashthi-jyaishtha", "festival": "skanda-shashthi-jyaishtha", "name": "Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-05-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 4755, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 5, "key": "shashthi", "name": "Ṣaṣṭhī", "start": { "local": "2012-05-26T10:40:50+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-26T08:40:50Z", "ms": 1338021649718.3223 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-27T11:00:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-27T09:00:10Z", "ms": 1338109209612.363 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-05-26T10:40:50+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-26T08:40:50Z", "ms": 1338021649718.3223 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-27T11:00:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-27T09:00:10Z", "ms": 1338109209612.363 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-05-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-26T12:19:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-26T10:19:17Z", "ms": 1338027556843.7686 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-26T13:07:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-26T11:07:17Z", "ms": 1338030436843.7686 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-05-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-27T12:19:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-27T10:19:24Z", "ms": 1338113964136.3823 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-27T13:07:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-27T11:07:24Z", "ms": 1338116844136.3823 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:41 on Sat 26 May to 11:00 on Sun 27 May.", "fact": "2012-05-26T08:40:50Z → 2012-05-27T09:00:10Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:19–13:07 on the 26th, 12:19–13:07 on the 27th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 4755 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha), Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 26 May.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "skanda-shashthi-jyaishtha", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 6 Aranya sasthi, Aranya gauri vrata, (paraviddha), Skanda sasthi, (purvaviddha), Sitala sasthi yatra (Orissa)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-05-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) 2012 falls on Saturday 26 May. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:41 on Sat 26 May to 11:00 on Sun 27 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/skanda-shashthi-jyaishtha", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-05-31", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Nirjalā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-05-31", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 6865, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-05-31T05:48:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-31T03:48:24Z", "ms": 1338436103657.128 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-01T03:02:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-01T01:02:39Z", "ms": 1338512559305.6309 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-05-31T05:48:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-31T03:48:24Z", "ms": 1338436103657.128 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-01T03:02:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-01T01:02:39Z", "ms": 1338512559305.6309 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-05-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-05-31T07:42:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-31T05:42:48Z", "ms": 1338442968241.6543 }, "end": { "local": "2012-05-31T07:42:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-05-31T05:42:48Z", "ms": 1338442968241.6543 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-06-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-01T07:43:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-01T05:43:24Z", "ms": 1338529403503.823 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-01T07:43:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-01T05:43:24Z", "ms": 1338529403503.823 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 05:48 on Thu 31 May to 03:03 on Fri 1 Jun.", "fact": "2012-05-31T03:48:24Z → 2012-06-01T01:02:39Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:43 on the 31st and 07:43 on the 1st.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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It covers 112 of 112 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 112 on the 4th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 3396 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vaṭa Sāvitrī Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 3 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vata-savitri-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Vata-savitri vrata (Deccan) (pradosavyapini, purvaviddha), Snanayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vaṭa Sāvitrī Vrata 2012 falls on Sunday 3 June. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:48 on Sun 3 Jun to 13:12 on Mon 4 Jun and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vata-savitri-vrata", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-06-07", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-06-07", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 16683, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-06-07T03:58:13+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-07T01:58:13Z", "ms": 1339034292803.4924 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-08T01:55:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-07T23:55:00Z", "ms": 1339113300063.2493 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-06-07T03:58:13+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-07T01:58:13Z", "ms": 1339034292803.4924 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-08T01:55:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-07T23:55:00Z", "ms": 1339113300063.2493 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-06-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-06T20:10:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-06T18:10:26Z", "ms": 1339006225965.0305 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-06T20:10:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-06T18:10:26Z", "ms": 1339006225965.0305 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-06-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-07T21:16:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-07T19:16:57Z", "ms": 1339096616765.274 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-07T21:16:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-07T19:16:57Z", "ms": 1339096616765.274 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 03:58 on Thu 7 Jun to 01:55 on Fri 8 Jun.", "fact": "2012-06-07T01:58:13Z → 2012-06-07T23:55:00Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 20:10 on the 6th and 21:17 on the 7th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 6th and is on the 7th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 16683 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 7 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2012 falls on Thursday 7 June. Caturthī runs from 03:58 on Thu 7 Jun to 01:55 on Fri 8 Jun and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-06-07", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-06-14", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Yoginī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-06-14", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 728, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-06-14T05:08:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-14T03:08:32Z", "ms": 1339643311985.2656 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-15T07:37:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-15T05:37:51Z", "ms": 1339738670807.757 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-06-14T05:08:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-14T03:08:32Z", "ms": 1339643311985.2656 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-15T07:37:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-15T05:37:51Z", "ms": 1339738670807.757 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-06-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-14T07:49:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-14T05:49:38Z", "ms": 1339652977933.183 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-14T07:49:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-14T05:49:38Z", "ms": 1339652977933.183 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-06-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-15T07:49:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-15T05:49:59Z", "ms": 1339739399216.612 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-15T07:49:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-15T05:49:59Z", "ms": 1339739399216.612 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 05:09 on Thu 14 Jun to 07:38 on Fri 15 Jun.", "fact": "2012-06-14T03:08:32Z → 2012-06-15T05:37:51Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:50 on the 14th and 07:50 on the 15th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Yoginī Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Thursday 14 June. 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It covers 113 of 113 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 113 on the 17th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 17915 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 16 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Saturday 16 June. Trayodaśī runs from 10:14 on Sat 16 Jun to 12:45 on Sun 17 Jun and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-06-16", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-06-17", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-06-17", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33600, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-06-17T12:45:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-17T10:45:22Z", "ms": 1339929921629.6377 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-18T15:03:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-18T13:03:39Z", "ms": 1340024618929.9158 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-06-17T12:45:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-17T10:45:22Z", "ms": 1339929921629.6377 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-18T15:03:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-18T13:03:39Z", "ms": 1340024618929.9158 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-06-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-18T00:23:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-17T22:23:26Z", "ms": 1339971806008.059 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-18T01:11:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-17T23:11:26Z", "ms": 1339974686008.059 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-06-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-19T00:23:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-18T22:23:39Z", "ms": 1340058218763.3801 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-19T01:11:39+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-18T23:11:39Z", "ms": 1340061098763.3801 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 12:45 on Sun 17 Jun to 15:04 on Mon 18 Jun.", "fact": "2012-06-17T10:45:22Z → 2012-06-18T13:03:39Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:23–01:11 on the 17th, 00:24–01:12 on the 18th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 33600 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 17 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2012 falls on Sunday 17 June. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 19472 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rathayātrā, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 21 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rathayatra", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 2 Rathayatra (paraviddha, special when combined with naksatra 'Pusya')" } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Puṣya nakṣatra; the nakṣatra is not tested.", "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rathayātrā 2012 falls on Thursday 21 June. Dvitīyā runs from 18:36 on Wed 20 Jun to 19:44 on Thu 21 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/rathayatra", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-06-23", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-06-23", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 25906, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-06-22T20:24:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-22T18:24:10Z", "ms": 1340389449981.5452 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-23T20:35:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-23T18:35:33Z", "ms": 1340476533117.2712 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-06-22T20:24:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-22T18:24:10Z", "ms": 1340389449981.5452 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-23T20:35:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-23T18:35:33Z", "ms": 1340476533117.2712 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-06-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-22T12:24:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-22T10:24:24Z", "ms": 1340360664380.7834 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-22T13:12:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-22T11:12:24Z", "ms": 1340363544380.7834 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-06-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-23T12:24:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-23T10:24:38Z", "ms": 1340447077679.8948 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-23T13:12:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-23T11:12:38Z", "ms": 1340449957679.8948 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 20:24 on Fri 22 Jun to 20:36 on Sat 23 Jun.", "fact": "2012-06-22T18:24:10Z → 2012-06-23T18:35:33Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:24–13:12 on the 22nd, 12:25–13:13 on the 23rd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 25906 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 23 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2012 falls on Saturday 23 June. Caturthī runs from 20:24 on Fri 22 Jun to 20:36 on Sat 23 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-06-23", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/skanda-panchami", "festival": "skanda-panchami", "name": "Skanda Pañcamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-06-24", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 25521, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 4, "key": "panchami", "name": "Pañcamī", "start": { "local": "2012-06-23T20:35:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-23T18:35:33Z", "ms": 1340476533117.2712 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-24T20:18:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-24T18:18:12Z", "ms": 1340561892337.1238 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-06-23T20:35:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-23T18:35:33Z", "ms": 1340476533117.2712 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-24T20:18:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-24T18:18:12Z", "ms": 1340561892337.1238 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-06-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-23T12:24:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-23T10:24:38Z", "ms": 1340447077679.8948 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-23T13:12:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-23T11:12:38Z", "ms": 1340449957679.8948 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-06-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-24T12:24:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-24T10:24:51Z", "ms": 1340533490872.9268 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-24T13:12:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-24T11:12:51Z", "ms": 1340536370872.9268 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pañcamī runs from 20:36 on Sat 23 Jun to 20:18 on Sun 24 Jun.", "fact": "2012-06-23T18:35:33Z → 2012-06-24T18:18:12Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:25–13:13 on the 23rd, 12:25–13:13 on the 24th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 25521 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Skanda Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 24 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "skanda-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Skanda pancami (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Skanda Pañcamī 2012 falls on Sunday 24 June. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 18275 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vivasvat Saptamī, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 26 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vivasvat-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Vivasvat saptami (purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vivasvat Saptamī 2012 falls on Tuesday 26 June. Saptamī runs from 19:32 on Mon 25 Jun to 18:18 on Tue 26 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vivasvat-saptami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-06-30", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Hariśayanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-06-30", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 4696, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-06-29T11:59:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-29T09:59:19Z", "ms": 1340963958683.87 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-30T09:10:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-30T07:10:51Z", "ms": 1341040250931.2583 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-06-29T11:59:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-29T09:59:19Z", "ms": 1340963958683.87 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-30T09:10:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-30T07:10:51Z", "ms": 1341040250931.2583 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-06-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-29T07:52:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-29T05:52:35Z", "ms": 1340949155070.5583 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-29T07:52:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-29T05:52:35Z", "ms": 1340949155070.5583 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-06-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-30T07:52:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-30T05:52:35Z", "ms": 1341035555085.101 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-30T07:52:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-30T05:52:35Z", "ms": 1341035555085.101 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 11:59 on Fri 29 Jun to 09:11 on Sat 30 Jun.", "fact": "2012-06-29T09:59:19Z → 2012-06-30T07:10:51Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:53 on the 29th and 07:53 on the 30th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-30", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-06-30", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Hariśayanī Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Saturday 30 June. Ekādaśī runs from 11:59 on Fri 29 Jun to 09:11 on Sat 30 Jun and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-06-30", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-07-01", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-07-01", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 26367, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-07-01T06:08:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-01T04:08:57Z", "ms": 1341115737253.7693 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-02T03:00:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-02T01:00:04Z", "ms": 1341190804291.8684 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-07-01T06:08:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-01T04:08:57Z", "ms": 1341115737253.7693 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-02T03:00:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-02T01:00:04Z", "ms": 1341190804291.8684 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-06-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-06-30T17:47:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-30T15:47:38Z", "ms": 1341071257679.5938 }, "end": { "local": "2012-06-30T19:40:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-06-30T17:40:17Z", "ms": 1341078016992.8586 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 113, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-07-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-01T17:48:02+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-01T15:48:02Z", "ms": 1341157681767.7654 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-01T19:40:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-01T17:40:37Z", "ms": 1341164437451.4631 } }, "covered_min": 113, "window_min": 113, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 06:09 on Sun 1 Jul to 03:00 on Mon 2 Jul.", "fact": "2012-07-01T04:08:57Z → 2012-07-02T01:00:04Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:48–19:40 on the 30th, 17:48–19:41 on the 1st.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 113 minutes on the 30th and 113 of 113 on the 1st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26367 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 1 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Sunday 1 July. Trayodaśī runs from 06:09 on Sun 1 Jul to 03:00 on Mon 2 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-07-01", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vyasa-puja", "festival": "vyasa-puja", "name": "Vyāsa Pūjā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-07-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 28847, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2012-07-02T23:51:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-02T21:51:38Z", "ms": 1341265897533.2717 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-03T20:51:52+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-03T18:51:52Z", "ms": 1341341512393.644 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-07-02T23:51:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-02T21:51:38Z", "ms": 1341265897533.2717 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-03T20:51:52+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-03T18:51:52Z", "ms": 1341341512393.644 } }, "kaala": "udaya-3", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-07-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-03T07:52:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-03T05:52:25Z", "ms": 1341294744679.507 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-03T09:51:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-03T07:51:43Z", "ms": 1341301902731.1848 } }, "covered_min": 119, "window_min": 119, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-07-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-04T07:52:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-04T05:52:18Z", "ms": 1341381138377.3198 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-04T09:51:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-04T07:51:43Z", "ms": 1341388303295.0547 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 119, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 23:52 on Mon 2 Jul to 20:52 on Tue 3 Jul.", "fact": "2012-07-02T21:51:38Z → 2012-07-03T18:51:52Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:52–09:52 on the 3rd, 07:52–09:52 on the 4th.", "fact": "udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. 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Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini)." } ], "kaala": "udaya-3", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vyāsa Pūjā 2012 falls on Tuesday 3 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:52 on Mon 2 Jul to 20:52 on Tue 3 Jul and covers all of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise that morning.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vyasa-puja", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/guru-purnima", "festival": "guru-purnima", "name": "Guru Pūrṇimā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-07-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 27433, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2012-07-02T23:51:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-02T21:51:38Z", "ms": 1341265897533.2717 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-03T20:51:52+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-03T18:51:52Z", "ms": 1341341512393.644 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-07-02T23:51:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-02T21:51:38Z", "ms": 1341265897533.2717 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-03T20:51:52+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-03T18:51:52Z", "ms": 1341341512393.644 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-07-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-02T12:26:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-02T10:26:29Z", "ms": 1341224788629.1877 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-02T13:14:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-02T11:14:29Z", "ms": 1341227668629.1877 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-07-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-03T12:26:40+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-03T10:26:40Z", "ms": 1341311199808.7017 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-03T13:14:40+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-03T11:14:40Z", "ms": 1341314079808.7017 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 23:52 on Mon 2 Jul to 20:52 on Tue 3 Jul.", "fact": "2012-07-02T21:51:38Z → 2012-07-03T18:51:52Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:26–13:14 on the 2nd, 12:27–13:15 on the 3rd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. 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Pūrṇimā runs from 23:52 on Mon 2 Jul to 20:52 on Tue 3 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/shiva-shayanotsava", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ashunya-shayana-vrata-ashadha", "festival": "ashunya-shayana-vrata-ashadha", "name": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-07-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2758, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 16, "key": "dvitiya", "name": "Dvitīyā", "start": { "local": "2012-07-04T18:09:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-04T16:09:35Z", "ms": 1341418174942.9138 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-05T15:53:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-05T13:53:36Z", "ms": 1341496416352.465 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-07-04T18:09:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-04T16:09:35Z", "ms": 1341418174942.9138 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-05T15:53:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-05T13:53:36Z", "ms": 1341496416352.465 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-07-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-04T18:55:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-04T16:55:33Z", "ms": 1341420932857.3372 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-04T18:55:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-04T16:55:33Z", "ms": 1341420932857.3372 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-07-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-05T20:02:02+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-05T18:02:02Z", "ms": 1341511322152.7576 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-05T20:02:02+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-05T18:02:02Z", "ms": 1341511322152.7576 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvitīyā runs from 18:10 on Wed 4 Jul to 15:54 on Thu 5 Jul.", "fact": "2012-07-04T16:09:35Z → 2012-07-05T13:53:36Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 18:56 on the 4th and 20:02 on the 5th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Dvitīyā must be current at moonrise. It is on the 4th and is not on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 2758 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha), Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 4 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ashunya-shayana-vrata-ashadha", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 2 Asunya sayana vrata (candrodaya vyapini; purvahna vyapini and purvaviddha in Bengal)." } ], "not_evaluated": "In Bengal the row reads pūrvāhṇa and pūrvaviddha; that reading is not applied.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha) 2012 falls on Wednesday 4 July. Dvitīyā runs from 18:10 on Wed 4 Jul to 15:54 on Thu 5 Jul and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ashunya-shayana-vrata-ashadha", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-07-06", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-07-06", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 24827, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-07-06T14:12:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-06T12:12:17Z", "ms": 1341576737323.9958 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-07T13:12:40+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-07T11:12:40Z", "ms": 1341659560182.9028 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-07-06T14:12:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-06T12:12:17Z", "ms": 1341576737323.9958 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-07T13:12:40+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-07T11:12:40Z", "ms": 1341659560182.9028 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-07-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-06T21:06:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-06T19:06:04Z", "ms": 1341601563969.2544 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-06T21:06:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-06T19:06:04Z", "ms": 1341601563969.2544 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-07-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-07T22:07:21+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-07T20:07:21Z", "ms": 1341691640770.6177 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-07T22:07:21+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-07T20:07:21Z", "ms": 1341691640770.6177 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 14:12 on Fri 6 Jul to 13:13 on Sat 7 Jul.", "fact": "2012-07-06T12:12:17Z → 2012-07-07T11:12:40Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:06 on the 6th and 22:07 on the 7th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 6th and is not on the 7th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24827 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 6 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2012 falls on Friday 6 July. Caturthī runs from 14:12 on Fri 6 Jul to 13:13 on Sat 7 Jul and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-07-06", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-07-14", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Kāmikā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-07-14", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 27190, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-07-13T21:45:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-13T19:45:57Z", "ms": 1342208756546.2388 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-15T00:16:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-14T22:16:14Z", "ms": 1342304174024.9194 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-07-13T21:45:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-13T19:45:57Z", "ms": 1342208756546.2388 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-15T00:16:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-14T22:16:14Z", "ms": 1342304174024.9194 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-07-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-14T07:49:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-14T05:49:48Z", "ms": 1342244987848.388 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-14T07:49:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-14T05:49:48Z", "ms": 1342244987848.388 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-07-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-15T07:49:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-15T05:49:24Z", "ms": 1342331364068.9585 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-15T07:49:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-15T05:49:24Z", "ms": 1342331364068.9585 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 21:46 on Fri 13 Jul to 00:16 on Sun 15 Jul.", "fact": "2012-07-13T19:45:57Z → 2012-07-14T22:16:14Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:50 on the 14th and 07:49 on the 15th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kāmikā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Saturday 14 July. 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It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 15th and 111 of 111 on the 16th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24242 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 16 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Monday 16 July. Trayodaśī runs from 02:31 on Mon 16 Jul to 04:20 on Tue 17 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-07-16", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-07-17", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-07-17", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 11004, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-07-17T04:19:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-17T02:19:42Z", "ms": 1342491581774.36 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-18T05:38:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-18T03:38:07Z", "ms": 1342582686881.834 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-07-17T04:19:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-17T02:19:42Z", "ms": 1342491581774.36 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-18T05:38:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-18T03:38:07Z", "ms": 1342582686881.834 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-07-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-17T00:28:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-16T22:28:17Z", "ms": 1342477697304.3865 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-17T01:16:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-16T23:16:17Z", "ms": 1342480577304.3865 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-07-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-18T00:28:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-17T22:28:22Z", "ms": 1342564101869.0293 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-18T01:16:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-17T23:16:22Z", "ms": 1342566981869.0293 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 04:20 on Tue 17 Jul to 05:38 on Wed 18 Jul.", "fact": "2012-07-17T02:19:42Z → 2012-07-18T03:38:07Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:28–01:16 on the 16th, 00:28–01:16 on the 17th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 11004 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 17 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2012 falls on Tuesday 17 July. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 21899 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Madhusravā Tṛtīyā, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 21 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "madhusrava-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Madhusrava (Gujerat) (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Madhusravā Tṛtīyā (Hariyali Teej) 2012 falls on Saturday 21 July. Tṛtīyā runs from 06:24 on Sat 21 Jul to 05:44 on Sun 22 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/madhusrava-tritiya", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-07-22", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-07-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 24290, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-07-22T05:44:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-22T03:44:05Z", "ms": 1342928645006.21 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-23T04:42:34+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-23T02:42:34Z", "ms": 1343011354098.422 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-07-22T05:44:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-22T03:44:05Z", "ms": 1342928645006.21 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-23T04:42:34+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-23T02:42:34Z", "ms": 1343011354098.422 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-07-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-22T12:28:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-22T10:28:55Z", "ms": 1342952934578.995 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-22T13:16:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-22T11:16:55Z", "ms": 1342955814578.995 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-07-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-23T12:28:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-23T10:28:57Z", "ms": 1343039336533.115 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-23T13:16:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-23T11:16:57Z", "ms": 1343042216533.115 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 05:44 on Sun 22 Jul to 04:43 on Mon 23 Jul.", "fact": "2012-07-22T03:44:05Z → 2012-07-23T02:42:34Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:29–13:17 on the 22nd, 12:29–13:17 on the 23rd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. 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It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2012 falls on Sunday 22 July. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 27982 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Nāga Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 23 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "naga-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Naga pancami (paraviddha)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Nāga Pañcamī 2012 falls on Monday 23 July. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-29", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-29", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Putradā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Sunday 29 July. 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The rule takes the second day.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 823 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 30 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "damodara-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-30", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-30", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2012 falls on Monday 30 July. Dvādaśī runs from 14:47 on Sun 29 Jul to 12:15 on Mon 30 Jul, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/damodara-dvadashi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-07-30", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-07-30", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 21013, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-07-30T12:15:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-30T10:15:10Z", "ms": 1343643309653.5256 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-31T09:46:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-31T07:46:59Z", "ms": 1343720818524.569 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-07-30T12:15:10+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-30T10:15:10Z", "ms": 1343643309653.5256 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-31T09:46:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-31T07:46:59Z", "ms": 1343720818524.569 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-07-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-30T18:05:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-30T16:05:22Z", "ms": 1343664322468.8977 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-30T19:53:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-30T17:53:56Z", "ms": 1343670836231.3801 } }, "covered_min": 109, "window_min": 109, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-07-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-07-31T18:06:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-31T16:06:04Z", "ms": 1343750764178.741 }, "end": { "local": "2012-07-31T19:54:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-07-31T17:54:26Z", "ms": 1343757265835.4097 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 108, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 12:15 on Mon 30 Jul to 09:47 on Tue 31 Jul.", "fact": "2012-07-30T10:15:10Z → 2012-07-31T07:46:59Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:05–19:54 on the 30th, 18:06–19:54 on the 31st.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 108 on the 31st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 21013 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 30 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-30", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-07-30", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Monday 30 July. Trayodaśī runs from 12:15 on Mon 30 Jul to 09:47 on Tue 31 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-07-30", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/raksha-bandhana", "festival": "raksha-bandhana", "name": "Rakṣā Bandhana", "everyday": "Rakhi", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-01", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 7829, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2012-08-01T07:28:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-01T05:28:36Z", "ms": 1343798915738.9897 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-02T05:27:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T03:27:27Z", "ms": 1343878047327.845 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "second-half", "start": { "local": "2012-08-01T18:25:23+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-01T16:25:23Z", "ms": 1343838322952.2769 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-02T05:27:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T03:27:27Z", "ms": 1343878047327.845 } }, "kaala": "day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-01T07:38:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-01T05:38:47Z", "ms": 1343799526603.7559 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-02T07:37:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T05:37:56Z", "ms": 1343885876191.2085 } }, "covered_min": 662, "window_min": 1439, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-08-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-02T07:37:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T05:37:56Z", "ms": 1343885876191.2085 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-03T07:37:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-03T05:37:04Z", "ms": 1343972224474.4028 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1439, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 07:29 on Wed 1 Aug to 05:27 on Thu 2 Aug. Its second half begins at 18:25 on Wed 1 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-01T05:28:36Z → 2012-08-02T03:27:27Z · second half from 2012-08-01T16:25:23Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise: from 07:39 on the 1st, and from 07:38 on the 2nd.", "fact": "day: sunrise-to-sunrise · sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "The second half of Pūrṇimā must be present during the day. It covers 662 of 1439 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 1439 on the 2nd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one day qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 7829 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rakṣā Bandhana, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 1 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "raksha-bandhana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Rakhi purnima, Naroli purnima (Cocoanut day), Raksa Bandhana (in the second half of purnima), Rsi tarpana (madhyahna vyapini), Hayagriva utpatti, Jhulanayatra samapana" } ], "kaala": "day", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated", "half": "second" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rakṣā Bandhana (Rakhi) 2012 falls on Wednesday 1 August. The second half of Pūrṇimā runs from 18:25 on Wed 1 Aug to 05:27 on Thu 2 Aug and lies within that day, sunrise to sunrise.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/raksha-bandhana", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/rishi-tarpana", "festival": "rishi-tarpana", "name": "Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-01", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 18011, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2012-08-01T07:28:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-01T05:28:36Z", "ms": 1343798915738.9897 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-02T05:27:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T03:27:27Z", "ms": 1343878047327.845 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-08-01T07:28:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-01T05:28:36Z", "ms": 1343798915738.9897 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-02T05:27:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T03:27:27Z", "ms": 1343878047327.845 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-01T12:28:46+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-01T10:28:46Z", "ms": 1343816926304.0327 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-01T13:16:46+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-01T11:16:46Z", "ms": 1343819806304.0327 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-08-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-02T12:28:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T10:28:42Z", "ms": 1343903322061.5205 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-02T13:16:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T11:16:42Z", "ms": 1343906202061.5205 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 07:29 on Wed 1 Aug to 05:27 on Thu 2 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-01T05:28:36Z → 2012-08-02T03:27:27Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:29–13:17 on the 1st, 12:29–13:17 on the 2nd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 18011 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 1 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rishi-tarpana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Rakhi purnima, Naroli purnima (Cocoanut day), Raksa Bandhana (in the second half of purnima), Rsi tarpana (madhyahna vyapini), Hayagriva utpatti, Jhulanayatra samapana" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa 2012 falls on Wednesday 1 August. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:29 on Wed 1 Aug to 05:27 on Thu 2 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/rishi-tarpana", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ashunya-shayana-vrata", "festival": "ashunya-shayana-vrata", "name": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 25034, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 16, "key": "dvitiya", "name": "Dvitīyā", "start": { "local": "2012-08-03T03:51:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-03T01:51:25Z", "ms": 1343958684710.6545 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-04T02:48:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-04T00:48:04Z", "ms": 1344041283588.9387 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-08-03T03:51:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-03T01:51:25Z", "ms": 1343958684710.6545 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-04T02:48:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-04T00:48:04Z", "ms": 1344041283588.9387 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-02T18:47:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T16:47:51Z", "ms": 1343926071034.1863 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-02T18:47:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-02T16:47:51Z", "ms": 1343926071034.1863 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-08-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-03T19:50:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-03T17:50:49Z", "ms": 1344016249494.7883 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-03T19:50:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-03T17:50:49Z", "ms": 1344016249494.7883 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvitīyā runs from 03:51 on Fri 3 Aug to 02:48 on Sat 4 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-03T01:51:25Z → 2012-08-04T00:48:04Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 18:48 on the 2nd and 19:51 on the 3rd.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Dvitīyā must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 2nd and is on the 3rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 25034 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 3 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ashunya-shayana-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 2 Asunyasayana vrata (Dvitiya current at moonrise; if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day)." } ], "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aśūnya Śayana Vrata 2012 falls on Friday 3 August. Dvitīyā runs from 03:51 on Fri 3 Aug to 02:48 on Sat 4 Aug and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ashunya-shayana-vrata", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/kajjali-tritiya", "festival": "kajjali-tritiya", "name": "Kajjalī Tṛtīyā", "everyday": "Kajari Teej", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 34828, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 17, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "2012-08-04T02:48:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-04T00:48:04Z", "ms": 1344041283588.9387 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-05T02:23:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-05T00:23:49Z", "ms": 1344126228813.6191 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-08-04T02:48:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-04T00:48:04Z", "ms": 1344041283588.9387 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-05T02:23:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-05T00:23:49Z", "ms": 1344126228813.6191 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-04T12:28:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-04T10:28:32Z", "ms": 1344076111760.2485 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-04T13:16:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-04T11:16:32Z", "ms": 1344078991760.2485 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-08-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-05T12:28:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-05T10:28:26Z", "ms": 1344162505714.4346 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-05T13:16:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-05T11:16:26Z", "ms": 1344165385714.4346 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 02:48 on Sat 4 Aug to 02:24 on Sun 5 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-04T00:48:04Z → 2012-08-05T00:23:49Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:29–13:17 on the 4th, 12:28–13:16 on the 5th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 34828 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kajjalī Tṛtīyā, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 4 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "kajjali-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 3 Kajjali trtiya, (paraviddha), Angaveta trtiya (Orissa)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kajjalī Tṛtīyā (Kajari Teej) 2012 falls on Saturday 4 August. 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It covers 0 of 127 minutes on the 4th and 127 of 127 on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 29697 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bahulā Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 5 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "bahula-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day)." } ], "kaala": "sayahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Bahulā Caturthī 2012 falls on Sunday 5 August. Caturthī runs from 02:24 on Sun 5 Aug to 02:43 on Mon 6 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/bahula-chaturthi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-08-05", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-05", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 17545, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-08-05T02:23:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-05T00:23:49Z", "ms": 1344126228813.6191 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-06T02:42:46+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-06T00:42:46Z", "ms": 1344213766230.8047 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-08-05T02:23:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-05T00:23:49Z", "ms": 1344126228813.6191 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-06T02:42:46+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-06T00:42:46Z", "ms": 1344213766230.8047 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-04T20:51:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-04T18:51:33Z", "ms": 1344106293229.543 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-04T20:51:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-04T18:51:33Z", "ms": 1344106293229.543 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-08-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-05T21:50:21+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-05T19:50:21Z", "ms": 1344196221387.8276 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-05T21:50:21+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-05T19:50:21Z", "ms": 1344196221387.8276 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 02:24 on Sun 5 Aug to 02:43 on Mon 6 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-05T00:23:49Z → 2012-08-06T00:42:46Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 20:52 on the 4th and 21:50 on the 5th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 25210 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 7 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "hala-shashthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 6 Hala sasthi (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2012 falls on Tuesday 7 August. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 17216 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śītalā Saptamī, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 8 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shitala-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 7 Sitala saptami (purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śītalā Saptamī 2012 falls on Wednesday 8 August. 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It is not on the 12th and is on the 13th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 27144 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ajā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 13 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ajā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Monday 13 August. Ekādaśī runs from 15:01 on Sun 12 Aug to 16:51 on Mon 13 Aug and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-08-13", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-08-14", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-14", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 633, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-08-14T18:05:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-14T16:05:22Z", "ms": 1344960321801.0452 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-15T18:39:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T16:39:49Z", "ms": 1345048789047.9587 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-08-14T18:05:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-14T16:05:22Z", "ms": 1344960321801.0452 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-15T18:39:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T16:39:49Z", "ms": 1345048789047.9587 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-14T18:15:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-14T16:15:55Z", "ms": 1344960954570.264 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-14T20:01:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-14T18:01:09Z", "ms": 1344967268800.4053 } }, "covered_min": 105, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-08-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-15T18:16:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T16:16:37Z", "ms": 1345047396728.8843 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-15T20:01:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T18:01:36Z", "ms": 1345053696486.2524 } }, "covered_min": 23, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 18:05 on Tue 14 Aug to 18:40 on Wed 15 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-14T16:05:22Z → 2012-08-15T16:39:49Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:16–20:01 on the 14th, 18:17–20:02 on the 15th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 14th and 23 of 105 on the 15th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 633 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 14 August.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-14", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-14", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Tuesday 14 August. Trayodaśī runs from 18:05 on Tue 14 Aug to 18:40 on Wed 15 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 23 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-08-14", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/aghora-chaturdashi", "festival": "aghora-chaturdashi", "name": "Aghora Caturdaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-15", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 1057, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-08-15T18:39:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T16:39:49Z", "ms": 1345048789047.9587 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-16T18:34:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-16T16:34:56Z", "ms": 1345134895663.7905 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-08-15T18:39:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T16:39:49Z", "ms": 1345048789047.9587 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-16T18:34:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-16T16:34:56Z", "ms": 1345134895663.7905 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-15T18:16:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T16:16:37Z", "ms": 1345047396728.8843 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-15T20:01:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T18:01:36Z", "ms": 1345053696486.2524 } }, "covered_min": 82, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-08-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-16T18:17:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-16T16:17:19Z", "ms": 1345133838827.634 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-16T20:02:04+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-16T18:02:04Z", "ms": 1345140123992.7551 } }, "covered_min": 18, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 18:40 on Wed 15 Aug to 18:35 on Thu 16 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-15T16:39:49Z → 2012-08-16T16:34:56Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:17–20:02 on the 15th, 18:17–20:02 on the 16th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 82 of 105 minutes on the 15th and 18 of 105 on the 16th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1057 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aghora Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 15 August.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "aghora-chaturdashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini)." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-15", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-15", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aghora Caturdaśī 2012 falls on Wednesday 15 August. Caturdaśī runs from 18:40 on Wed 15 Aug to 18:35 on Thu 16 Aug and covers 82 of 105 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 18 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/aghora-chaturdashi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-08-15", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 20792, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-08-15T18:39:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T16:39:49Z", "ms": 1345048789047.9587 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-16T18:34:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-16T16:34:56Z", "ms": 1345134895663.7905 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-08-15T18:39:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T16:39:49Z", "ms": 1345048789047.9587 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-16T18:34:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-16T16:34:56Z", "ms": 1345134895663.7905 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-16T00:26:21+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T22:26:21Z", "ms": 1345069580819.0151 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-16T01:14:21+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-15T23:14:21Z", "ms": 1345072460819.0151 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-08-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-17T00:26:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-16T22:26:08Z", "ms": 1345155968196.8384 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-17T01:14:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-16T23:14:08Z", "ms": 1345158848196.8384 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 18:40 on Wed 15 Aug to 18:35 on Thu 16 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-15T16:39:49Z → 2012-08-16T16:34:56Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:26–01:14 on the 15th, 00:26–01:14 on the 16th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 20792 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 15 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2012 falls on Wednesday 15 August. Caturdaśī runs from 18:40 on Wed 15 Aug to 18:35 on Thu 16 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-08-15", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-08-27", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Śukla Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 30051, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-08-26T22:50:06+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-26T20:50:06Z", "ms": 1346014205979.67 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-27T20:58:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-27T18:58:42Z", "ms": 1346093922246.0967 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": true, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-08-26T22:50:06+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-26T20:50:06Z", "ms": 1346014205979.67 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-27T20:58:42+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-27T18:58:42Z", "ms": 1346093922246.0967 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-27T07:10:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-27T05:10:57Z", "ms": 1346044256766.458 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-27T07:10:57+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-27T05:10:57Z", "ms": 1346044256766.458 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-08-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-28T07:09:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-28T05:09:41Z", "ms": 1346130580508.116 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-28T07:09:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-28T05:09:41Z", "ms": 1346130580508.116 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 22:50 on Sun 26 Aug to 20:59 on Mon 27 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-26T20:50:06Z → 2012-08-27T18:58:42Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:11 on the 27th and 07:10 on the 28th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 27th and is not on the 28th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 30051 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 27 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Monday 27 August. Ekādaśī runs from 22:50 on Sun 26 Aug to 20:59 on Mon 27 Aug and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-08-27", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-08-28", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-08-28", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2204, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-08-28T19:17:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-28T17:17:07Z", "ms": 1346174226589.1096 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-29T17:49:34+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-29T15:49:34Z", "ms": 1346255373785.7168 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": true, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-08-28T19:17:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-28T17:17:07Z", "ms": 1346174226589.1096 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-29T17:49:34+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-29T15:49:34Z", "ms": 1346255373785.7168 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-08-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-28T18:25:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-28T16:25:37Z", "ms": 1346171136786.6892 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-28T20:07:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-28T18:07:19Z", "ms": 1346177239028.6729 } }, "covered_min": 50, "window_min": 102, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-08-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-08-29T18:26:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-29T16:26:18Z", "ms": 1346257577630.6355 }, "end": { "local": "2012-08-29T20:07:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-08-29T18:07:44Z", "ms": 1346263664090.0942 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 101, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 19:17 on Tue 28 Aug to 17:50 on Wed 29 Aug.", "fact": "2012-08-28T17:17:07Z → 2012-08-29T15:49:34Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:26–20:07 on the 28th, 18:26–20:08 on the 29th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 50 of 102 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 101 on the 29th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 2204 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 28 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-28", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-08-28", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Tuesday 28 August. Trayodaśī runs from 19:17 on Tue 28 Aug to 17:50 on Wed 29 Aug and covers 50 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-08-28", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-09-03", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-09-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 13334, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-09-03T17:09:03+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-03T15:09:03Z", "ms": 1346684943268.386 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-04T18:46:11+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-04T16:46:11Z", "ms": 1346777170749.764 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": true, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-09-03T17:09:03+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-03T15:09:03Z", "ms": 1346684943268.386 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-04T18:46:11+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-04T16:46:11Z", "ms": 1346777170749.764 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-09-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-03T21:32:11+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-03T19:32:11Z", "ms": 1346700731260.7864 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-03T21:32:11+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-03T19:32:11Z", "ms": 1346700731260.7864 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-09-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-04T22:28:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-04T20:28:24Z", "ms": 1346790504395.9712 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-04T22:28:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-04T20:28:24Z", "ms": 1346790504395.9712 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 17:09 on Mon 3 Sep to 18:46 on Tue 4 Sep.", "fact": "2012-09-03T15:09:03Z → 2012-09-04T16:46:11Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:32 on the 3rd and 22:28 on the 4th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 3rd and is not on the 4th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 13334 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 3 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2012 falls on Monday 3 September. Caturthī runs from 17:09 on Mon 3 Sep to 18:46 on Tue 4 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-09-03", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-09-12", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-09-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 3760, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-09-11T07:53:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-11T05:53:38Z", "ms": 1347342818027.1724 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-12T08:34:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-12T06:34:43Z", "ms": 1347431683034.6648 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": true, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-09-11T07:53:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-11T05:53:38Z", "ms": 1347342818027.1724 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-12T08:34:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-12T06:34:43Z", "ms": 1347431683034.6648 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-09-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-11T06:50:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-11T04:50:58Z", "ms": 1347339058399.9243 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-11T06:50:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-11T04:50:58Z", "ms": 1347339058399.9243 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-09-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-12T06:49:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-12T04:49:36Z", "ms": 1347425375530.1514 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-12T06:49:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-12T04:49:36Z", "ms": 1347425375530.1514 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 07:54 on Tue 11 Sep to 08:35 on Wed 12 Sep.", "fact": "2012-09-11T05:53:38Z → 2012-09-12T06:34:43Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:51 on the 11th and 06:50 on the 12th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Wednesday 12 September. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 36432 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 13 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Thursday 13 September. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 18325 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 14 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. 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Caturdaśī runs from 07:39 on Fri 14 Sep to 06:11 on Sat 15 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-09-14", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/rudra-vrata", "festival": "rudra-vrata", "name": "Rudra Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-09-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 29199, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 0, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2012-09-16T04:10:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-16T02:10:38Z", "ms": 1347761437567.6853 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-17T01:47:46+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-16T23:47:46Z", "ms": 1347839266324.4097 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-09-16T04:10:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-16T02:10:38Z", "ms": 1347761437567.6853 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-17T01:47:46+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-16T23:47:46Z", "ms": 1347839266324.4097 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-09-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-16T12:17:16+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-16T10:17:16Z", "ms": 1347790636126.315 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-16T13:05:16+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-16T11:05:16Z", "ms": 1347793516126.315 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-09-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-17T12:16:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-17T10:16:55Z", "ms": 1347877014865.8496 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-17T13:04:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-17T11:04:55Z", "ms": 1347879894865.8496 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 04:11 on Sun 16 Sep to 01:48 on Mon 17 Sep.", "fact": "2012-09-16T02:10:38Z → 2012-09-16T23:47:46Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:17–13:05 on the 16th, 12:17–13:05 on the 17th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 29199 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rudra Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 16 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rudra-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rudra Vrata 2012 falls on Sunday 16 September. Pratipadā runs from 04:11 on Sun 16 Sep to 01:48 on Mon 17 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/rudra-vrata", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/haritalika-vrata", "festival": "haritalika-vrata", "name": "Haritālikā Vrata", "everyday": "Hartalika Teej", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-09-18", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 26594, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 2, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "2012-09-17T23:10:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-17T21:10:47Z", "ms": 1347916247188.4878 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-18T20:27:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-18T18:27:48Z", "ms": 1347992867962.2043 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-09-17T23:10:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-17T21:10:47Z", "ms": 1347916247188.4878 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-18T20:27:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-18T18:27:48Z", "ms": 1347992867962.2043 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-09-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-17T12:16:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-17T10:16:55Z", "ms": 1347877014865.8496 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-17T13:04:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-17T11:04:55Z", "ms": 1347879894865.8496 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-09-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-18T12:16:34+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-18T10:16:34Z", "ms": 1347963393613.0571 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-18T13:04:34+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-18T11:04:34Z", "ms": 1347966273613.0571 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 23:11 on Mon 17 Sep to 20:28 on Tue 18 Sep.", "fact": "2012-09-17T21:10:47Z → 2012-09-18T18:27:48Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:17–13:05 on the 17th, 12:17–13:05 on the 18th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. 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Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:11 on Thu 20 Sep to 12:48 on Fri 21 Sep and covers 32 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/muktabharana-vrata", "festival": "muktabharana-vrata", "name": "Muktābharaṇa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-09-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 943, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 6, "key": "saptami", "name": "Saptamī", "start": { "local": "2012-09-21T12:47:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-21T10:47:47Z", "ms": 1348224467476.6196 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-22T10:39:03+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-22T08:39:03Z", "ms": 1348303143088.6765 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-09-21T12:47:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-21T10:47:47Z", "ms": 1348224467476.6196 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-22T10:39:03+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-22T08:39:03Z", "ms": 1348303143088.6765 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-09-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-21T12:15:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-21T10:15:30Z", "ms": 1348222530061.4775 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-21T13:03:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-21T11:03:30Z", "ms": 1348225410061.4775 } }, "covered_min": 16, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-09-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-22T12:15:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-22T10:15:09Z", "ms": 1348308909004.4006 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-22T13:03:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-22T11:03:09Z", "ms": 1348311789004.4006 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Saptamī runs from 12:48 on Fri 21 Sep to 10:39 on Sat 22 Sep.", "fact": "2012-09-21T10:47:47Z → 2012-09-22T08:39:03Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:16–13:04 on the 21st, 12:15–13:03 on the 22nd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 943 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 21 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "muktabharana-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Muktabharana vrata (purvaviddha), Lalita saptami (Bengal & Orissa)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2012 falls on Friday 21 September. Saptamī runs from 12:48 on Fri 21 Sep to 10:39 on Sat 22 Sep and covers 16 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/muktabharana-vrata", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/radhashtami", "festival": "radhashtami", "name": "Rādhāṣṭamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-09-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 5766, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 7, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2012-09-22T10:39:03+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-22T08:39:03Z", "ms": 1348303143088.6765 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-23T08:46:54+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-23T06:46:54Z", "ms": 1348382814262.6272 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-09-22T10:39:03+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-22T08:39:03Z", "ms": 1348303143088.6765 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-23T08:46:54+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-23T06:46:54Z", "ms": 1348382814262.6272 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-09-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-22T12:15:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-22T10:15:09Z", "ms": 1348308909004.4006 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-22T13:03:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-22T11:03:09Z", "ms": 1348311789004.4006 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-09-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-23T12:14:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-23T10:14:48Z", "ms": 1348395288042.423 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-23T13:02:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-23T11:02:48Z", "ms": 1348398168042.423 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 10:39 on Sat 22 Sep to 08:47 on Sun 23 Sep.", "fact": "2012-09-22T08:39:03Z → 2012-09-23T06:46:54Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:15–13:03 on the 22nd, 12:15–13:03 on the 23rd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5766 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rādhāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 22 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "radhashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 8 Durvastami (purvaviddha — S 8 of saura Bhadra except Bengal), Mahalaksmi vratarambha, Radhastami (madhyahna vyapini)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rādhāṣṭamī 2012 falls on Saturday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:39 on Sat 22 Sep to 08:47 on Sun 23 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/radhashtami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-09-25", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Parivartanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-09-25", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2060, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-09-25T05:57:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-25T03:57:08Z", "ms": 1348545427734.623 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-26T05:01:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-26T03:01:38Z", "ms": 1348628497857.249 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-09-25T05:57:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-25T03:57:08Z", "ms": 1348545427734.623 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-26T05:01:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-26T03:01:38Z", "ms": 1348628497857.249 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-09-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-25T06:31:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-25T04:31:28Z", "ms": 1348547488172.1836 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-25T06:31:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-25T04:31:28Z", "ms": 1348547488172.1836 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-09-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-26T06:30:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-26T04:30:05Z", "ms": 1348633804666.5051 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-26T06:30:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-26T04:30:05Z", "ms": 1348633804666.5051 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 05:57 on Tue 25 Sep to 05:02 on Wed 26 Sep.", "fact": "2012-09-25T03:57:08Z → 2012-09-26T03:01:38Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:31 on the 25th and 06:30 on the 26th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Parivartanī Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Tuesday 25 September. 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It covers 0 of 94 minutes on the 26th and 93 of 93 on the 27th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 28678 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 27 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Thursday 27 September. Trayodaśī runs from 04:28 on Thu 27 Sep to 04:18 on Fri 28 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-09-27", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ananta-chaturdashi", "festival": "ananta-chaturdashi", "name": "Ananta Caturdaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-09-28", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 6728, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 13, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-09-28T04:17:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-28T02:17:37Z", "ms": 1348798656543.0664 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-29T04:33:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-29T02:33:47Z", "ms": 1348886026773.889 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-09-28T04:17:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-28T02:17:37Z", "ms": 1348798656543.0664 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-29T04:33:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-29T02:33:47Z", "ms": 1348886026773.889 } }, "kaala": "udaya-3", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-09-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-28T06:27:18+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-28T04:27:18Z", "ms": 1348806438170.5613 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-28T08:55:13+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-28T06:55:13Z", "ms": 1348815313069.0234 } }, "covered_min": 148, "window_min": 148, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-09-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-09-29T06:25:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-29T04:25:55Z", "ms": 1348892755242.3008 }, "end": { "local": "2012-09-29T08:54:15+02:00", "utc": "2012-09-29T06:54:15Z", "ms": 1348901655341.3235 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 148, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 04:18 on Fri 28 Sep to 04:34 on Sat 29 Sep.", "fact": "2012-09-28T02:17:37Z → 2012-09-29T02:33:47Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:27–08:55 on the 28th, 06:26–08:54 on the 29th.", "fact": "udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 148 on the 29th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one morning qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 6728 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ananta Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 28 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ananta-chaturdashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 14 Ananta caturdasi (covering three muhurtas from sunrise, but one muhurta in Bengal)." } ], "not_evaluated": "In Bengal the row asks for one muhūrta from sunrise; that reading is not applied.", "kaala": "udaya-3", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-28", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-09-28", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ananta Caturdaśī 2012 falls on Friday 28 September. Caturdaśī runs from 04:18 on Fri 28 Sep to 04:34 on Sat 29 Sep and covers all of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise that morning.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ananta-chaturdashi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-10-03", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 36037, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-03T10:29:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-03T08:29:32Z", "ms": 1349252972466.6199 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-04T13:00:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-04T11:00:35Z", "ms": 1349348435226.1904 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-03T10:29:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-03T08:29:32Z", "ms": 1349252972466.6199 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-04T13:00:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-04T11:00:35Z", "ms": 1349348435226.1904 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-03T22:08:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-03T20:08:28Z", "ms": 1349294907900.096 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-03T22:08:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-03T20:08:28Z", "ms": 1349294907900.096 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-10-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-04T23:01:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-04T21:01:12Z", "ms": 1349384471747.1685 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-04T23:01:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-04T21:01:12Z", "ms": 1349384471747.1685 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 10:30 on Wed 3 Oct to 13:01 on Thu 4 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-03T08:29:32Z → 2012-10-04T11:00:35Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 22:08 on the 3rd and 23:01 on the 4th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 3rd and is not on the 4th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 36037 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 3 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2012 falls on Wednesday 3 October. Caturthī runs from 10:30 on Wed 3 Oct to 13:01 on Thu 4 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-10-03", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/chandra-shashthi", "festival": "chandra-shashthi", "name": "Candra Ṣaṣṭhī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-05", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 22874, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 20, "key": "shashthi", "name": "Ṣaṣṭhī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-05T15:41:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-05T13:41:01Z", "ms": 1349444461219.2046 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-06T18:17:31+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-06T16:17:31Z", "ms": 1349540251206.883 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-05T15:41:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-05T13:41:01Z", "ms": 1349444461219.2046 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-06T18:17:31+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-06T16:17:31Z", "ms": 1349540251206.883 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-05T23:51:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-05T21:51:28Z", "ms": 1349473888317.3835 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-05T23:51:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-05T21:51:28Z", "ms": 1349473888317.3835 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-10-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-07T00:38:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-06T22:38:45Z", "ms": 1349563124946.2358 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-07T00:38:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-06T22:38:45Z", "ms": 1349563124946.2358 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:41 on Fri 5 Oct to 18:18 on Sat 6 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-05T13:41:01Z → 2012-10-06T16:17:31Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 23:51 on the 5th and 00:39 on the 6th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 5th and is not on the 6th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 22874 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 5 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "chandra-shashthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 6 Candra sasthi (Sasthi current at moon-rise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)." } ], "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2012 falls on Friday 5 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:41 on Fri 5 Oct to 18:18 on Sat 6 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/chandra-shashthi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/mahalakshmi-vrata-samapana", "festival": "mahalakshmi-vrata-samapana", "name": "Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-07", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 13331, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 22, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-07T20:35:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-07T18:35:32Z", "ms": 1349634932063.3293 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-08T22:21:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-08T20:21:30Z", "ms": 1349727690213.9392 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-07T20:35:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-07T18:35:32Z", "ms": 1349634932063.3293 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-08T22:21:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-08T20:21:30Z", "ms": 1349727690213.9392 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-08T01:22:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-07T23:22:47Z", "ms": 1349652166694.7412 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-08T01:22:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-07T23:22:47Z", "ms": 1349652166694.7412 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-10-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-09T02:03:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-09T00:03:41Z", "ms": 1349741020856.8428 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-09T02:03:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-09T00:03:41Z", "ms": 1349741020856.8428 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 20:36 on Sun 7 Oct to 22:22 on Mon 8 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-07T18:35:32Z → 2012-10-08T20:21:30Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 01:23 on the 7th and 02:04 on the 8th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 7th and is not on the 8th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 13331 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 7 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mahalakshmi-vrata-samapana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja" } ], "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana 2012 falls on Sunday 7 October. 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It covers 0 of 91 minutes on the 7th and 90 of 90 on the 8th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 680 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Jitāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 8 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "jitashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja" } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-08", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2012 falls on Monday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:36 on Sun 7 Oct to 22:22 on Mon 8 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/jitashtami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-10-11", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Indirā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-11", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 23401, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-10T23:39:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-10T21:39:48Z", "ms": 1349905188312.8433 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-11T23:04:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-11T21:04:43Z", "ms": 1349989482805.714 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-10T23:39:48+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-10T21:39:48Z", "ms": 1349905188312.8433 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-11T23:04:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-11T21:04:43Z", "ms": 1349989482805.714 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-11T06:09:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-11T04:09:49Z", "ms": 1349928589024.834 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-11T06:09:49+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-11T04:09:49Z", "ms": 1349928589024.834 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-10-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-12T06:08:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-12T04:08:32Z", "ms": 1350014911868.5505 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-12T06:08:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-12T04:08:32Z", "ms": 1350014911868.5505 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 23:40 on Wed 10 Oct to 23:05 on Thu 11 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-10T21:39:48Z → 2012-10-11T21:04:43Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:10 on the 11th and 06:09 on the 12th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 11th and is not on the 12th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 23401 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Indirā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 11 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Indirā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Thursday 11 October. Ekādaśī runs from 23:40 on Wed 10 Oct to 23:05 on Thu 11 Oct and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-10-11", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-10-13", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2457, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-12T21:42:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-12T19:42:30Z", "ms": 1350070949672.754 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-13T19:39:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-13T17:39:09Z", "ms": 1350149948625.7654 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-12T21:42:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-12T19:42:30Z", "ms": 1350070949672.754 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-13T19:39:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-13T17:39:09Z", "ms": 1350149948625.7654 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-12T18:57:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-12T16:57:24Z", "ms": 1350061043898.0266 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-12T20:26:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-12T18:26:43Z", "ms": 1350066402761.2327 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 89, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-10-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-13T18:58:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-13T16:58:12Z", "ms": 1350147491680.8145 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-13T20:27:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-13T18:27:14Z", "ms": 1350152834065.2266 } }, "covered_min": 41, "window_min": 89, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 21:42 on Fri 12 Oct to 19:39 on Sat 13 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-12T19:42:30Z → 2012-10-13T17:39:09Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:57–20:27 on the 12th, 18:58–20:27 on the 13th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 89 minutes on the 12th and 41 of 89 on the 13th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 2457 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 13 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Saturday 13 October. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 16137 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Saturday 13 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2012 falls on Saturday 13 October. 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It covers 0 of 155 minutes on the 14th and 13 of 155 on the 15th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 764 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahālaya Amāvāsyā, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 15 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mahalaya-amavasya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 30 Mahalaya amavasya (aparahnavyapini)" } ], "not_evaluated": "The note on p. 106 gives the first day in a decreasing tithimāna and the second in an increasing one, when amāvāsyā covers the whole of aparāhṇa on both days; tithimāna is not computed.", "kaala": "aparahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahālaya Amāvāsyā 2012 falls on Monday 15 October. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 3974 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Navarātrārambha, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 16 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "navaratra-arambha", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Navaratrarambha (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Navarātrārambha (Navratri) 2012 falls on Tuesday 16 October. Pratipadā runs from 14:03 on Mon 15 Oct to 10:48 on Tue 16 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/navaratra-arambha", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-10-18", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-18", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 28442, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-18T04:13:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-18T02:13:38Z", "ms": 1350526418139.0847 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-19T01:10:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-18T23:10:35Z", "ms": 1350601834744.3293 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-18T04:13:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-18T02:13:38Z", "ms": 1350526418139.0847 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-19T01:10:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-18T23:10:35Z", "ms": 1350601834744.3293 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-18T12:07:40+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-18T10:07:40Z", "ms": 1350554860107.4795 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-18T12:55:40+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-18T10:55:40Z", "ms": 1350557740107.4795 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-10-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-19T12:07:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-19T10:07:29Z", "ms": 1350641249182.84 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-19T12:55:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-19T10:55:29Z", "ms": 1350644129182.84 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 04:14 on Thu 18 Oct to 01:11 on Fri 19 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-18T02:13:38Z → 2012-10-18T23:10:35Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 18th, 12:07–12:55 on the 19th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 28442 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 18 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2012 falls on Thursday 18 October. Caturthī runs from 04:14 on Thu 18 Oct to 01:11 on Fri 19 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-10-18", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/durga-saptami", "festival": "durga-saptami", "name": "Durgā Saptamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 35435, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 6, "key": "saptami", "name": "Saptamī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-20T20:06:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-20T18:06:55Z", "ms": 1350756415135.643 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-21T18:15:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-21T16:15:55Z", "ms": 1350836154557.7297 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-20T20:06:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-20T18:06:55Z", "ms": 1350756415135.643 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-21T18:15:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-21T16:15:55Z", "ms": 1350836154557.7297 } }, "kaala": "udaya-1", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-21T05:57:30+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-21T03:57:30Z", "ms": 1350791850454.3308 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-21T06:50:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-21T04:50:00Z", "ms": 1350794999619.3481 } }, "covered_min": 52, "window_min": 52, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-10-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-22T05:56:21+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T03:56:21Z", "ms": 1350878181135.9607 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-22T06:48:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T04:48:58Z", "ms": 1350881338338.335 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 53, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Saptamī runs from 20:07 on Sat 20 Oct to 18:16 on Sun 21 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-20T18:06:55Z → 2012-10-21T16:15:55Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:58–06:50 on the 21st, 05:56–06:49 on the 22nd.", "fact": "udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 35435 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Durgā Saptamī, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 21 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "durga-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise" } ], "kaala": "udaya-1", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Durgā Saptamī 2012 falls on Sunday 21 October. Saptamī runs from 20:07 on Sat 20 Oct to 18:16 on Sun 21 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/durga-saptami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/mahashtami", "festival": "mahashtami", "name": "Mahāṣṭamī", "everyday": "Durga Ashtami", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 14461, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 7, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-21T18:15:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-21T16:15:55Z", "ms": 1350836154557.7297 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-22T16:56:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T14:56:01Z", "ms": 1350917760867.3005 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-21T18:15:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-21T16:15:55Z", "ms": 1350836154557.7297 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-22T16:56:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T14:56:01Z", "ms": 1350917760867.3005 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-21T12:07:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-21T10:07:09Z", "ms": 1350814029191.9617 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-21T12:55:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-21T10:55:09Z", "ms": 1350816909191.9617 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-10-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-22T12:07:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T10:07:00Z", "ms": 1350900420153.7676 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-22T12:55:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T10:55:00Z", "ms": 1350903300153.7676 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 18:16 on Sun 21 Oct to 16:56 on Mon 22 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-21T16:15:55Z → 2012-10-22T14:56:01Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 21st, 12:07–12:55 on the 22nd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 14461 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 22 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mahashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2012 falls on Monday 22 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:16 on Sun 21 Oct to 16:56 on Mon 22 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/mahashtami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/mahanavami", "festival": "mahanavami", "name": "Mahānavamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-23", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 11610, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 8, "key": "navami", "name": "Navamī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-22T16:56:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T14:56:01Z", "ms": 1350917760867.3005 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-23T16:08:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-23T14:08:22Z", "ms": 1351001302034.058 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-22T16:56:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T14:56:01Z", "ms": 1350917760867.3005 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-23T16:08:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-23T14:08:22Z", "ms": 1351001302034.058 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-22T12:07:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T10:07:00Z", "ms": 1350900420153.7676 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-22T12:55:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-22T10:55:00Z", "ms": 1350903300153.7676 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-10-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-23T12:06:52+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-23T10:06:52Z", "ms": 1350986811773.7139 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-23T12:54:52+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-23T10:54:52Z", "ms": 1350989691773.7139 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Navamī runs from 16:56 on Mon 22 Oct to 16:08 on Tue 23 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-22T14:56:01Z → 2012-10-23T14:08:22Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 22nd, 12:07–12:55 on the 23rd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 11610 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahānavamī, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 23 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mahanavami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.", "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahānavamī 2012 falls on Tuesday 23 October. 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Daśamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 7836 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vijayā Daśamī, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 24 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vijaya-dashami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 10 Vijaya dasami (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha, covering one muhurta from sunrise. In other places, if it touches Sravana naksatra in the day time it is observed on that day), Sarasvati visarjana (to be observed in naksatra Sravana), Dasahara." } ], "not_evaluated": "The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.", "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day", "conjunction": { "nakshatra": "Śravaṇa", "kaala": "daytime" } }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2012 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time on neither day, so madhyāhna decides. Daśamī runs from 16:08 on Tue 23 Oct to 15:53 on Wed 24 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vijaya-dashami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-10-25", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-25", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 35929, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-24T15:52:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-24T13:52:55Z", "ms": 1351086774776.0588 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-25T16:08:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-25T14:08:43Z", "ms": 1351174123451.5342 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-24T15:52:55+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-24T13:52:55Z", "ms": 1351086774776.0588 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-25T16:08:43+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-25T14:08:43Z", "ms": 1351174123451.5342 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-24T05:54:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-24T03:54:05Z", "ms": 1351050845360.0496 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-24T05:54:05+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-24T03:54:05Z", "ms": 1351050845360.0496 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-10-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-25T05:52:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-25T03:52:59Z", "ms": 1351137178967.4126 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-25T05:52:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-25T03:52:59Z", "ms": 1351137178967.4126 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 15:53 on Wed 24 Oct to 16:09 on Thu 25 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-24T13:52:55Z → 2012-10-25T14:08:43Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:54 on the 24th and 05:53 on the 25th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 24th and is on the 25th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 35929 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 25 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Thursday 25 October. Ekādaśī runs from 15:53 on Wed 24 Oct to 16:09 on Thu 25 Oct and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-10-25", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-10-26", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-10-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 3730, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-10-26T16:54:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-26T14:54:19Z", "ms": 1351263258894.52 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-27T18:07:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-27T16:07:51Z", "ms": 1351354070794.2683 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-10-26T16:54:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-26T14:54:19Z", "ms": 1351263258894.52 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-27T18:07:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-27T16:07:51Z", "ms": 1351354070794.2683 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-10-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-26T19:09:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-26T17:09:08Z", "ms": 1351271347863.4333 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-26T20:34:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-26T18:34:41Z", "ms": 1351276481393.4404 } }, "covered_min": 86, "window_min": 86, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-10-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-10-27T19:10:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-27T17:10:01Z", "ms": 1351357800960.8093 }, "end": { "local": "2012-10-27T20:35:19+02:00", "utc": "2012-10-27T18:35:19Z", "ms": 1351362918988.623 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 85, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 16:54 on Fri 26 Oct to 18:08 on Sat 27 Oct.", "fact": "2012-10-26T14:54:19Z → 2012-10-27T16:07:51Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:09–20:35 on the 26th, 19:10–20:35 on the 27th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 86 of 86 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 85 on the 27th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 3730 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 26 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-10-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Friday 26 October. Trayodaśī runs from 16:54 on Fri 26 Oct to 18:08 on Sat 27 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-10-26", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/karaka-chaturthi", "festival": "karaka-chaturthi", "name": "Karaka Caturthī", "everyday": "Karwa Chauth", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-02", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 27801, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-11-02T05:29:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-02T03:29:08Z", "ms": 1351826947863.3916 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-03T08:09:20+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-03T06:09:20Z", "ms": 1351922960182.9758 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-02T05:29:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-02T03:29:08Z", "ms": 1351826947863.3916 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-03T08:09:20+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-03T06:09:20Z", "ms": 1351922960182.9758 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-01T21:45:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-01T19:45:47Z", "ms": 1351799146624.0269 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-01T21:45:47+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-01T19:45:47Z", "ms": 1351799146624.0269 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-11-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-02T22:34:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-02T20:34:01Z", "ms": 1351888440875.3457 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-02T22:34:01+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-02T20:34:01Z", "ms": 1351888440875.3457 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 05:29 on Fri 2 Nov to 08:09 on Sat 3 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-02T03:29:08Z → 2012-11-03T06:09:20Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:46 on the 1st and 22:34 on the 2nd.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 1st and is on the 2nd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 27801 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Karaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Friday 2 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "karaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 4 Karaka caturthi (current at moon-rise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)" } ], "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-02", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-02", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2012 falls on Friday 2 November. 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It is on the 6th and is not on the 7th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 39410 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 6 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ahoyi-ashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 8 Ahoyi astami (Gujerat) (current at moonrise), Karastami (Maharashtra). 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ramā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Saturday 10 November. Ekādaśī runs from 13:57 on Fri 9 Nov to 12:19 on Sat 10 Nov and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/ekadashi?on=2012-11-10", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/govatsa-dvadashi", "festival": "govatsa-dvadashi", "name": "Govatsa Dvādaśī", "everyday": "Vasu Baras", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-10", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 25462, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 26, "key": "dvadashi", "name": "Dvādaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-11-10T12:18:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-10T10:18:37Z", "ms": 1352542716567.362 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-11T09:58:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-11T07:58:14Z", "ms": 1352620693887.1426 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-10T12:18:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-10T10:18:37Z", "ms": 1352542716567.362 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-11T09:58:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-11T07:58:14Z", "ms": 1352620693887.1426 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-10T19:22:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-10T17:22:59Z", "ms": 1352568178760.851 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-10T20:44:53+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-10T18:44:53Z", "ms": 1352573093184.3162 } }, "covered_min": 82, "window_min": 82, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-11-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-11T19:23:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-11T17:23:56Z", "ms": 1352654636190.668 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-11T20:45:37+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-11T18:45:37Z", "ms": 1352659537278.3625 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 82, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvādaśī runs from 12:19 on Sat 10 Nov to 09:58 on Sun 11 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-10T10:18:37Z → 2012-11-11T07:58:14Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:23–20:45 on the 10th, 19:24–20:46 on the 11th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 33942 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Yama Dīpadāna, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 11 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "yama-dipadana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 13 Yama dipadana (pradosa)." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Yama Dīpadāna 2012 falls on Sunday 11 November. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 33942 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 11 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Sunday 11 November. 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It covers 0 of 82 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 81 on the 13th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither dawn qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 1842 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Naraka Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 12 November.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "naraka-chaturdashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Naraka caturdasi (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)" } ], "kaala": "arunodaya", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-12", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-12", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2012 falls on Monday 12 November. Caturdaśī runs from 07:04 on Mon 12 Nov to 03:44 on Tue 13 Nov, and reaches aruṇodaya on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/naraka-chaturdashi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-11-12", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 10160, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-11-12T07:03:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-12T05:03:41Z", "ms": 1352696620593.1013 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-13T03:43:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T01:43:44Z", "ms": 1352771023901.5295 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-12T07:03:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-12T05:03:41Z", "ms": 1352696620593.1013 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-13T03:43:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T01:43:44Z", "ms": 1352771023901.5295 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-12T00:06:15+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-11T22:06:15Z", "ms": 1352671575269.523 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-12T00:54:15+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-11T22:54:15Z", "ms": 1352674455269.523 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-11-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-13T00:06:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-12T22:06:24Z", "ms": 1352757983556.4985 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-13T00:54:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-12T22:54:24Z", "ms": 1352760863556.4985 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 07:04 on Mon 12 Nov to 03:44 on Tue 13 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-12T05:03:41Z → 2012-11-13T01:43:44Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:06–00:54 on the 11th, 00:06–00:54 on the 12th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 10160 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 12 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2012 falls on Monday 12 November. Caturdaśī runs from 07:04 on Mon 12 Nov to 03:44 on Tue 13 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-11-12", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/diwali-lakshmi-puja", "festival": "diwali-lakshmi-puja", "name": "Lakṣmī Pūjā", "everyday": "Diwali", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 12053, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 29, "key": "amavasya", "name": "Amāvasyā", "start": { "local": "2012-11-13T03:43:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T01:43:44Z", "ms": 1352771023901.5295 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-14T00:08:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T22:08:00Z", "ms": 1352844479749.4019 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-13T03:43:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T01:43:44Z", "ms": 1352771023901.5295 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-14T00:08:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T22:08:00Z", "ms": 1352844479749.4019 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-12T19:24:54+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-12T17:24:54Z", "ms": 1352741093746.507 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-12T20:46:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-12T18:46:22Z", "ms": 1352745981695.8381 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 81, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-11-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-13T19:25:51+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T17:25:51Z", "ms": 1352827551395.0134 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-13T20:47:06+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T18:47:06Z", "ms": 1352832426410.6804 } }, "covered_min": 81, "window_min": 81, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Amāvasyā runs from 03:44 on Tue 13 Nov to 00:08 on Wed 14 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-13T01:43:44Z → 2012-11-13T22:08:00Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:25–20:46 on the 12th, 19:26–20:47 on the 13th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Amāvasyā must be present during pradoṣa. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 12053 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Lakṣmī Pūjā, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 13 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "diwali-lakshmi-puja", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)" } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali) 2012 falls on Tuesday 13 November. Amāvasyā runs from 03:44 on Tue 13 Nov to 00:08 on Wed 14 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/diwali-lakshmi-puja", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/kali-puja", "festival": "kali-puja", "name": "Kālī Pūjā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-13", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "margin" ], "boundary_margin_s": 87, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 29, "key": "amavasya", "name": "Amāvasyā", "start": { "local": "2012-11-13T03:43:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T01:43:44Z", "ms": 1352771023901.5295 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-14T00:08:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T22:08:00Z", "ms": 1352844479749.4019 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-13T03:43:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T01:43:44Z", "ms": 1352771023901.5295 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-14T00:08:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T22:08:00Z", "ms": 1352844479749.4019 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-13T00:06:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-12T22:06:24Z", "ms": 1352757983556.4985 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-13T00:54:24+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-12T22:54:24Z", "ms": 1352760863556.4985 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-11-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-14T00:06:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T22:06:33Z", "ms": 1352844392703.7651 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-14T00:54:33+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T22:54:33Z", "ms": 1352847272703.7651 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Amāvasyā runs from 03:44 on Tue 13 Nov to 00:08 on Wed 14 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-13T01:43:44Z → 2012-11-13T22:08:00Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:06–00:54 on the 12th, 00:07–00:55 on the 13th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. 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Pratipadā runs from 00:08 on Wed 14 Nov to 20:26 on Wed 14 Nov and covers 60 of 81 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/bali-puja", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/dyuta-pratipad", "festival": "dyuta-pratipad", "name": "Dyūta Pratipad", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-14", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 19634, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 0, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2012-11-14T00:08:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T22:08:00Z", "ms": 1352844479749.4019 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-14T20:26:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-14T18:26:25Z", "ms": 1352917585373.886 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-14T00:08:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-13T22:08:00Z", "ms": 1352844479749.4019 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-14T20:26:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-14T18:26:25Z", "ms": 1352917585373.886 } }, "kaala": "purvahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-14T05:35:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-14T03:35:14Z", "ms": 1352864114012.5166 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-14T10:12:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-14T08:12:26Z", "ms": 1352880745708.4578 } }, "covered_min": 277, "window_min": 277, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-11-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-15T05:34:36+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-15T03:34:36Z", "ms": 1352950476306.5046 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-15T10:12:20+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-15T08:12:20Z", "ms": 1352967139812.5461 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 278, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 00:08 on Wed 14 Nov to 20:26 on Wed 14 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-13T22:08:00Z → 2012-11-14T18:26:25Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:35–10:12 on the 14th, 05:35–10:12 on the 15th.", "fact": "purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 277 of 277 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 278 on the 15th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one forenoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 19634 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Dyūta Pratipad, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 14 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "dyuta-pratipad", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna)." } ], "kaala": "purvahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Dyūta Pratipad 2012 falls on Wednesday 14 November. Pratipadā runs from 00:08 on Wed 14 Nov to 20:26 on Wed 14 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/dyuta-pratipad", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/yama-dvitiya", "festival": "yama-dvitiya", "name": "Yama Dvitīyā", "everyday": "Bhai Dooj", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 14027, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 1, "key": "dvitiya", "name": "Dvitīyā", "start": { "local": "2012-11-14T20:26:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-14T18:26:25Z", "ms": 1352917585373.886 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-15T16:48:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-15T14:48:58Z", "ms": 1352990938105.3206 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-14T20:26:25+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-14T18:26:25Z", "ms": 1352917585373.886 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-15T16:48:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-15T14:48:58Z", "ms": 1352990938105.3206 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-14T12:07:02+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-14T10:07:02Z", "ms": 1352887621556.4282 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-14T12:55:02+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-14T10:55:02Z", "ms": 1352890501556.4282 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-11-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-15T12:07:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-15T10:07:12Z", "ms": 1352974031565.567 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-15T12:55:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-15T10:55:12Z", "ms": 1352976911565.567 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvitīyā runs from 20:26 on Wed 14 Nov to 16:49 on Thu 15 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-14T18:26:25Z → 2012-11-15T14:48:58Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 14th, 12:07–12:55 on the 15th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. 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Dvitīyā runs from 20:26 on Wed 14 Nov to 16:49 on Thu 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/yama-dvitiya", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/naga-chaturthi", "festival": "naga-chaturthi", "name": "Nāga Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-17", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1794, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-11-16T13:25:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-16T11:25:17Z", "ms": 1353065116807.9417 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-17T10:24:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-17T08:24:22Z", "ms": 1353140662382.2678 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-16T13:25:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-16T11:25:17Z", "ms": 1353065116807.9417 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-17T10:24:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-17T08:24:22Z", "ms": 1353140662382.2678 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-16T12:07:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-16T10:07:22Z", "ms": 1353060442398.5886 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-16T12:55:22+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-16T10:55:22Z", "ms": 1353063322398.5886 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-11-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-17T12:07:34+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-17T10:07:34Z", "ms": 1353146854044.711 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-17T12:55:34+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-17T10:55:34Z", "ms": 1353149734044.711 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "second-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 13:25 on Fri 16 Nov to 10:24 on Sat 17 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-16T11:25:17Z → 2012-11-17T08:24:22Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 16th, 12:08–12:56 on the 17th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. 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Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:54 on Sun 18 Nov to 06:01 on Mon 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/surya-shashthi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/gopashtami", "festival": "gopashtami", "name": "Gopāṣṭamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 26267, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 7, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2012-11-20T04:50:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-20T02:50:27Z", "ms": 1353379826703.0222 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-21T04:23:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T02:23:28Z", "ms": 1353464608141.9995 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-20T04:50:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-20T02:50:27Z", "ms": 1353379826703.0222 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-21T04:23:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T02:23:28Z", "ms": 1353464608141.9995 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-20T12:08:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-20T10:08:14Z", "ms": 1353406093770.0378 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-20T12:56:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-20T10:56:14Z", "ms": 1353408973770.0378 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-11-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-21T12:08:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T10:08:29Z", "ms": 1353492508576.9648 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-21T12:56:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T10:56:29Z", "ms": 1353495388576.9648 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 04:50 on Tue 20 Nov to 04:23 on Wed 21 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-20T02:50:27Z → 2012-11-21T02:23:28Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 20th, 12:08–12:56 on the 21st.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26267 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Gopāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 20 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "gopashtami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 8 Gopastami, Gosthastami." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Gopāṣṭamī 2012 falls on Tuesday 20 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:50 on Tue 20 Nov to 04:23 on Wed 21 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/gopashtami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/akshaya-navami", "festival": "akshaya-navami", "name": "Akṣaya Navamī", "everyday": "Amla Navami", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 3062, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 8, "key": "navami", "name": "Navamī", "start": { "local": "2012-11-21T04:23:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T02:23:28Z", "ms": 1353464608141.9995 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-22T04:39:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-22T02:39:58Z", "ms": 1353551998017.956 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-21T04:23:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T02:23:28Z", "ms": 1353464608141.9995 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-22T04:39:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-22T02:39:58Z", "ms": 1353551998017.956 } }, "kaala": "purvahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-21T05:31:26+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T03:31:26Z", "ms": 1353468685782.544 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-21T10:12:08+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T08:12:08Z", "ms": 1353485527645.4912 } }, "covered_min": 281, "window_min": 281, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-11-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-22T05:31:00+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-22T03:31:00Z", "ms": 1353555060169.1687 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-22T10:12:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-22T08:12:09Z", "ms": 1353571929490.6052 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 281, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Navamī runs from 04:23 on Wed 21 Nov to 04:40 on Thu 22 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-21T02:23:28Z → 2012-11-22T02:39:58Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:31–10:12 on the 21st, 05:31–10:12 on the 22nd.", "fact": "purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 3062 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Akṣaya Navamī, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 21 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "akshaya-navami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 9 Aksaya navami (purvahnavyapini), Jagaddhatri puja (Bengal), (udayavyapini one muhurta), Anla navami (Orissa), Durga navami (purvaviddha), Gauri vrata." } ], "kaala": "purvahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2012 falls on Wednesday 21 November. Navamī runs from 04:23 on Wed 21 Nov to 04:40 on Thu 22 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/akshaya-navami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/durga-navami", "festival": "durga-navami", "name": "Durgā Navamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 26926, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 8, "key": "navami", "name": "Navamī", "start": { "local": "2012-11-21T04:23:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T02:23:28Z", "ms": 1353464608141.9995 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-22T04:39:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-22T02:39:58Z", "ms": 1353551998017.956 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-21T04:23:28+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T02:23:28Z", "ms": 1353464608141.9995 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-22T04:39:58+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-22T02:39:58Z", "ms": 1353551998017.956 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-21T12:08:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T10:08:29Z", "ms": 1353492508576.9648 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-21T12:56:29+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-21T10:56:29Z", "ms": 1353495388576.9648 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-11-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-22T12:08:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-22T10:08:44Z", "ms": 1353578924151.3232 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-22T12:56:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-22T10:56:44Z", "ms": 1353581804151.3232 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Navamī runs from 04:23 on Wed 21 Nov to 04:40 on Thu 22 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-21T02:23:28Z → 2012-11-22T02:39:58Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 21st, 12:09–12:57 on the 22nd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 26926 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Durgā Navamī, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 21 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "durga-navami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 9 Aksaya navami (purvahnavyapini), Jagaddhatri puja (Bengal), (udayavyapini one muhurta), Anla navami (Orissa), Durga navami (purvaviddha), Gauri vrata." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Durgā Navamī 2012 falls on Wednesday 21 November. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-24", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Prabodhinī Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Saturday 24 November. 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It covers 79 of 79 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 79 on the 26th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 29291 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Sunday 25 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Sunday 25 November. Trayodaśī runs from 09:09 on Sun 25 Nov to 11:30 on Mon 26 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-11-25", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/rasayatra", "festival": "rasayatra", "name": "Rāsayātrā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-11-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 26671, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2012-11-27T14:04:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-27T12:04:41Z", "ms": 1354017880786.4238 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-28T16:45:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-28T14:45:56Z", "ms": 1354113955696.7798 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-11-27T14:04:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-27T12:04:41Z", "ms": 1354017880786.4238 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-28T16:45:56+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-28T14:45:56Z", "ms": 1354113955696.7798 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-11-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-28T00:10:06+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-27T22:10:06Z", "ms": 1354054205921.7866 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-28T00:58:06+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-27T22:58:06Z", "ms": 1354057085921.7866 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-11-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-11-29T00:10:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-28T22:10:27Z", "ms": 1354140626826.4575 }, "end": { "local": "2012-11-29T00:58:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-11-28T22:58:27Z", "ms": 1354143506826.4575 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 14:05 on Tue 27 Nov to 16:46 on Wed 28 Nov.", "fact": "2012-11-27T12:04:41Z → 2012-11-28T14:45:56Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:10–00:58 on the 27th, 00:10–00:58 on the 28th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 26671 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rāsayātrā, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 27 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rasayatra", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima." } ], "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-11-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rāsayātrā 2012 falls on Tuesday 27 November. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-09", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-09", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Utpannā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Sunday 9 December. 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It covers 0 of 77 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 77 on the 11th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.", "fact": "priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 907 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 10 December.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-10", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Monday 10 December. Trayodaśī runs from 21:22 on Mon 10 Dec to 18:03 on Tue 11 Dec, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-12-10", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-12-11", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-12-11", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 22402, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2012-12-11T18:02:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-11T16:02:32Z", "ms": 1355241752159.2588 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-12T14:25:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-12T12:25:44Z", "ms": 1355315144323.5833 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-12-11T18:02:32+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-11T16:02:32Z", "ms": 1355241752159.2588 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-12T14:25:44+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-12T12:25:44Z", "ms": 1355315144323.5833 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-12-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-12T00:15:54+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-11T22:15:54Z", "ms": 1355264154087.4595 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-12T01:03:54+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-11T23:03:54Z", "ms": 1355267034087.4595 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-12-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-13T00:16:23+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-12T22:16:23Z", "ms": 1355350582658.1768 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-13T01:04:23+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-12T23:04:23Z", "ms": 1355353462658.1768 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 18:03 on Tue 11 Dec to 14:26 on Wed 12 Dec.", "fact": "2012-12-11T16:02:32Z → 2012-12-12T12:25:44Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:16–01:04 on the 11th, 00:16–01:04 on the 12th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 22402 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 11 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2012 falls on Tuesday 11 December. Caturdaśī runs from 18:03 on Tue 11 Dec to 14:26 on Wed 12 Dec and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/shivaratri?on=2012-12-11", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-12-16", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-12-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 31987, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-12-16T00:29:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-15T22:29:12Z", "ms": 1355610551590.3064 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-16T21:59:16+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-16T19:59:16Z", "ms": 1355687955667.2388 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-12-16T00:29:12+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-15T22:29:12Z", "ms": 1355610551590.3064 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-16T21:59:16+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-16T19:59:16Z", "ms": 1355687955667.2388 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-12-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-15T12:17:40+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-15T10:17:40Z", "ms": 1355566660204.5422 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-15T13:05:40+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-15T11:05:40Z", "ms": 1355569540204.5422 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-12-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-16T12:18:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-16T10:18:09Z", "ms": 1355653088955.3313 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-16T13:06:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-16T11:06:09Z", "ms": 1355655968955.3313 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 00:29 on Sun 16 Dec to 21:59 on Sun 16 Dec.", "fact": "2012-12-15T22:29:12Z → 2012-12-16T19:59:16Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:18–13:06 on the 15th, 12:18–13:06 on the 16th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. 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Caturthī runs from 00:29 on Sun 16 Dec to 21:59 on Sun 16 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2012-12-16", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/naga-panchami-margashirsha", "festival": "naga-panchami-margashirsha", "name": "Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-12-17", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 25489, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 4, "key": "panchami", "name": "Pañcamī", "start": { "local": "2012-12-16T21:59:16+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-16T19:59:16Z", "ms": 1355687955667.2388 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-17T20:11:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-17T18:11:27Z", "ms": 1355767887295.8767 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-12-16T21:59:16+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-16T19:59:16Z", "ms": 1355687955667.2388 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-17T20:11:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-17T18:11:27Z", "ms": 1355767887295.8767 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-12-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-16T12:18:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-16T10:18:09Z", "ms": 1355653088955.3313 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-16T13:06:09+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-16T11:06:09Z", "ms": 1355655968955.3313 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-12-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-17T12:18:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-17T10:18:38Z", "ms": 1355739517891.9438 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-17T13:06:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-17T11:06:38Z", "ms": 1355742397891.9438 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pañcamī runs from 21:59 on Sun 16 Dec to 20:11 on Mon 17 Dec.", "fact": "2012-12-16T19:59:16Z → 2012-12-17T18:11:27Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:18–13:06 on the 16th, 12:19–13:07 on the 17th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 25489 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa), Cape Town, 2012: Monday 17 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "naga-panchami-margashirsha", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Naga pancami (2nd) (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa) 2012 falls on Monday 17 December. 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(Special when combined with naksatra Satabhisaj, yoga Vyatipata and Sunday), Skanda sasthi (purvaviddha), Guha sasthi" } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Śatabhiṣaj nakṣatra, Vyatīpāta yoga and a Sunday; none is tested.", "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 2012 falls on Tuesday 18 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:11 on Mon 17 Dec to 19:12 on Tue 18 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/champa-shashthi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/skanda-shashthi", "festival": "skanda-shashthi", "name": "Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-12-18", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 21892, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 5, "key": "shashthi", "name": "Ṣaṣṭhī", "start": { "local": "2012-12-17T20:11:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-17T18:11:27Z", "ms": 1355767887295.8767 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-18T19:11:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-18T17:11:59Z", "ms": 1355850718804.997 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-12-17T20:11:27+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-17T18:11:27Z", "ms": 1355767887295.8767 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-18T19:11:59+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-18T17:11:59Z", "ms": 1355850718804.997 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-12-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-17T12:18:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-17T10:18:38Z", "ms": 1355739517891.9438 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-17T13:06:38+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-17T11:06:38Z", "ms": 1355742397891.9438 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2012-12-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-18T12:19:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-18T10:19:07Z", "ms": 1355825946978.7588 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-18T13:07:07+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-18T11:07:07Z", "ms": 1355828826978.7588 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:11 on Mon 17 Dec to 19:12 on Tue 18 Dec.", "fact": "2012-12-17T18:11:27Z → 2012-12-18T17:11:59Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:19–13:07 on the 17th, 12:19–13:07 on the 18th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. 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(Special when combined with naksatra Satabhisaj, yoga Vyatipata and Sunday), Skanda sasthi (purvaviddha), Guha sasthi" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2012 falls on Tuesday 18 December. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 21379 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mitra Saptamī, Cape Town, 2012: Wednesday 19 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "mitra-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Mitra saptami (purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mitra Saptamī 2012 falls on Wednesday 19 December. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mokṣadā Ekādaśī 2012 falls on Sunday 23 December. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 28175 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 24 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "akhanda-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2012 falls on Monday 24 December. 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It covers 0 of 77 minutes on the 24th and 77 of 77 on the 25th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26276 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2012: Tuesday 25 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2012 falls on Tuesday 25 December. Trayodaśī runs from 04:33 on Tue 25 Dec to 07:18 on Wed 26 Dec and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/pradosha-vrata?on=2012-12-25", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/dattatreyotpatti", "festival": "dattatreyotpatti", "name": "Dattātreyotpatti", "everyday": "Datta Jayanti", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-12-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 27505, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2012-12-27T09:56:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-27T07:56:45Z", "ms": 1356595004762.6675 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-28T12:21:11+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-28T10:21:11Z", "ms": 1356690070640.1047 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-12-27T09:56:45+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-27T07:56:45Z", "ms": 1356595004762.6675 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-28T12:21:11+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-28T10:21:11Z", "ms": 1356690070640.1047 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-12-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-27T19:59:17+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-27T17:59:17Z", "ms": 1356631156843.5457 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-27T21:16:14+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-27T19:16:14Z", "ms": 1356635773581.1135 } }, "covered_min": 77, "window_min": 77, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2012-12-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-28T19:59:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-28T17:59:35Z", "ms": 1356717575285.5315 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-28T21:16:35+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-28T19:16:35Z", "ms": 1356722194966.2031 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 77, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 09:57 on Thu 27 Dec to 12:21 on Fri 28 Dec.", "fact": "2012-12-27T07:56:45Z → 2012-12-28T10:21:11Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:59–21:16 on the 27th, 20:00–21:17 on the 28th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 77 of 77 minutes on the 27th and 0 of 77 on the 28th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 27505 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Dattātreyotpatti, Cape Town, 2012: Thursday 27 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "dattatreyotpatti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 15 Dattatreyotpatti (pradosa)." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Dattātreyotpatti (Datta Jayanti) 2012 falls on Thursday 27 December. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:57 on Thu 27 Dec to 12:21 on Fri 28 Dec and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2012/dattatreyotpatti", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2012/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2012-12-31", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2012, "local_date": "2012-12-31", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 14108, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2012-12-31T17:33:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-31T15:33:41Z", "ms": 1356968021272.978 }, "end": { "local": "2013-01-01T18:30:03+02:00", "utc": "2013-01-01T16:30:03Z", "ms": 1357057802732.8228 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2012-12-31T17:33:41+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-31T15:33:41Z", "ms": 1356968021272.978 }, "end": { "local": "2013-01-01T18:30:03+02:00", "utc": "2013-01-01T16:30:03Z", "ms": 1357057802732.8228 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2012-12-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2012-12-31T21:51:50+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-31T19:51:50Z", "ms": 1356983509557.9985 }, "end": { "local": "2012-12-31T21:51:50+02:00", "utc": "2012-12-31T19:51:50Z", "ms": 1356983509557.9985 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2013-01-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2013-01-01T22:25:11+02:00", "utc": "2013-01-01T20:25:11Z", "ms": 1357071910630.7485 }, "end": { "local": "2013-01-01T22:25:11+02:00", "utc": "2013-01-01T20:25:11Z", "ms": 1357071910630.7485 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 17:34 on Mon 31 Dec to 18:30 on Tue 1 Jan.", "fact": "2012-12-31T15:33:41Z → 2013-01-01T16:30:03Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:52 on the 31st and 22:25 on the 1st.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 31st and is not on the 1st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 14108 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2012: Monday 31 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-31", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2012-12-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2012 falls on Monday 31 December. 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