{ "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2016", "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": 2016, "tradition": "smarta", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "rulings": [ { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-01-05", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Saphalā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-01-05", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8311, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-01-05T01:43:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-04T23:43:19Z", "ms": 1451950999213.0652 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-06T03:24:03+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-06T01:24:03Z", "ms": 1452043443389.712 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-01-05T01:43:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-04T23:43:19Z", "ms": 1451950999213.0652 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-06T03:24:03+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-06T01:24:03Z", "ms": 1452043443389.712 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-01-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-05T05:41:46+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-05T03:41:46Z", "ms": 1451965305525.944 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-05T05:41:46+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-05T03:41:46Z", "ms": 1451965305525.944 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-01-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-06T05:42:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-06T03:42:35Z", "ms": 1452051754851.8306 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-06T05:42:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-06T03:42:35Z", "ms": 1452051754851.8306 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 01:43 on Tue 5 Jan to 03:24 on Wed 6 Jan.", "fact": "2016-01-04T23:43:19Z → 2016-01-06T01:24:03Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:42 on the 5th and 05:43 on the 6th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 5th and is not on the 6th.", "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 8311 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saphalā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 5 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": "2016-01-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-01-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saphalā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Tuesday 5 January. Ekādaśī runs from 01:43 on Tue 5 Jan to 03:24 on Wed 6 Jan and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-01-05", "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/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-01-07", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-01-07", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 25564, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-01-07T04:24:42+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-07T02:24:42Z", "ms": 1452133481906.1199 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-08T04:43:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-08T02:43:49Z", "ms": 1452221029028.1584 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-01-07T04:24:42+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-07T02:24:42Z", "ms": 1452133481906.1199 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-08T04:43:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-08T02:43:49Z", "ms": 1452221029028.1584 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-01-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-06T20:00:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-06T18:00:58Z", "ms": 1452103257953.9111 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-06T21:18:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-06T19:18:38Z", "ms": 1452107917584.765 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 78, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-01-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-07T20:01:00+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-07T18:01:00Z", "ms": 1452189659517.5762 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-07T21:18:46+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-07T19:18:46Z", "ms": 1452194325778.4658 } }, "covered_min": 78, "window_min": 78, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 04:25 on Thu 7 Jan to 04:44 on Fri 8 Jan.", "fact": "2016-01-07T02:24:42Z → 2016-01-08T02:43:49Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 20:01–21:19 on the 6th, 20:01–21:19 on the 7th.", "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 6th and 78 of 78 on the 7th.", "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 25564 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 7 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": "2016-01-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-01-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Thursday 7 January. Trayodaśī runs from 04:25 on Thu 7 Jan to 04:44 on Fri 8 Jan and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-01-07", "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/2016/shivaratri?on=2016-01-08", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-01-08", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 11216, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-01-08T04:43:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-08T02:43:49Z", "ms": 1452221029028.1584 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-09T04:24:00+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-09T02:24:00Z", "ms": 1452306239936.0955 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-01-08T04:43:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-08T02:43:49Z", "ms": 1452221029028.1584 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-09T04:24:00+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-09T02:24:00Z", "ms": 1452306239936.0955 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-01-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-08T00:28:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-07T22:28:38Z", "ms": 1452205717995.912 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-08T01:16:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-07T23:16:38Z", "ms": 1452208597995.912 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-01-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-09T00:29:04+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-08T22:29:04Z", "ms": 1452292143933.2097 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-09T01:17:04+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-08T23:17:04Z", "ms": 1452295023933.2097 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 04:44 on Fri 8 Jan to 04:24 on Sat 9 Jan.", "fact": "2016-01-08T02:43:49Z → 2016-01-09T02:24:00Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:29–01:17 on the 7th, 00:29–01:17 on the 8th.", "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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.", "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 11216 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 8 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. 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": "2016-01-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-01-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2016 falls on Friday 8 January. Caturdaśī runs from 04:44 on Fri 8 Jan to 04:24 on Sat 9 Jan and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/shivaratri?on=2016-01-08", "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/2016/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2016-01-13", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-01-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 26205, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-01-12T22:36:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-12T20:36:23Z", "ms": 1452630982917.4185 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-13T20:35:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-13T18:35:23Z", "ms": 1452710122663.9521 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-01-12T22:36:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-12T20:36:23Z", "ms": 1452630982917.4185 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-13T20:35:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-13T18:35:23Z", "ms": 1452710122663.9521 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-01-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-12T12:30:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-12T10:30:15Z", "ms": 1452594614567.2944 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-12T13:18:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-12T11:18:15Z", "ms": 1452597494567.2944 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-01-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-13T12:30:37+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-13T10:30:37Z", "ms": 1452681037303.365 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-13T13:18:37+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-13T11:18:37Z", "ms": 1452683917303.365 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 22:36 on Tue 12 Jan to 20:35 on Wed 13 Jan.", "fact": "2016-01-12T20:36:23Z → 2016-01-13T18:35:23Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:30–13:18 on the 12th, 12:31–13:19 on the 13th.", "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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.", "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 26205 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 13 January.", "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": "2016-01-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-01-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2016 falls on Wednesday 13 January. Caturthī runs from 22:36 on Tue 12 Jan to 20:35 on Wed 13 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2016-01-13", "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/2016/bhogi", "festival": "bhogi", "name": "Bhogi", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-01-14", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 6961, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 9, "key": "makara", "name": "Makara", "start": { "local": "2016-01-14T21:56:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-14T19:56:19Z", "ms": 1452801378875.0613 }, "end": { "local": "2016-02-13T10:55:20+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-13T08:55:20Z", "ms": 1455353720170.4268 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2016-01-14T21:56:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-14T19:56:19Z", "ms": 1452801378875.0613 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-14T21:56:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-14T19:56:19Z", "ms": 1452801378875.0613 } }, "kaala": "sunset-day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-01-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-13T20:00:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-13T18:00:29Z", "ms": 1452708029232.7559 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-14T20:00:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-14T18:00:18Z", "ms": 1452794417547.2761 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-01-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-01-14T20:00:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-14T18:00:18Z", "ms": 1452794417547.2761 }, "end": { "local": "2016-01-15T20:00:04+02:00", "utc": "2016-01-15T18:00:04Z", "ms": 1452880803969.2905 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": true } ], "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "name": "Pongal", "local_date": "2016-01-15", "days": -1 }, "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Makara at 21:56 on Thu 14 Jan.", "fact": "2016-01-14T19:56:19Z · 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 6961 s" }, { "step": "counted", "text": "Bhogi is kept the day before Pongal: Friday 15 January is the day taken above.", "fact": "follows: pongal − 1 d" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bhogi, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 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": "2016-01-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-01-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "2016-01-13", "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": "2016-01-13", "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 2016 falls on Thursday 14 January. It is kept the day before Pongal, which falls on Friday 15 January. The Sun enters Makara at 21:56 on Thu 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 Sun enters Makara at 21:56 on Thu 14 Jan, and the rule counts the day from midnight. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26779 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 21 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": "2016-01-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-01-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Thursday 21 January. 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Caturdaśī runs from 20:33 on Sat 6 Feb to 18:50 on Sun 7 Feb and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/shivaratri?on=2016-02-06", "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/2016/yama-tarpana", "festival": "yama-tarpana", "name": "Yama Tarpaṇa", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-02-07", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 29831, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-02-06T20:32:48+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-06T18:32:48Z", "ms": 1454783567516.2458 }, "end": { "local": "2016-02-07T18:50:26+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-07T16:50:26Z", "ms": 1454863826436.8325 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-02-06T20:32:48+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-06T18:32:48Z", "ms": 1454783567516.2458 }, "end": { "local": "2016-02-07T18:50:26+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-07T16:50:26Z", "ms": 1454863826436.8325 } }, "kaala": "arunodaya", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-02-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-02-07T04:49:59+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-07T02:49:59Z", "ms": 1454813398913.7295 }, "end": { "local": "2016-02-07T06:13:25+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-07T04:13:25Z", "ms": 1454818404561.3928 } }, "covered_min": 83, "window_min": 83, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-02-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-02-08T04:50:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-08T02:50:43Z", "ms": 1454899843285.6245 }, "end": { "local": "2016-02-08T06:14:24+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-08T04:14:24Z", "ms": 1454904863700.6013 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 84, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 20:33 on Sat 6 Feb to 18:50 on Sun 7 Feb.", "fact": "2016-02-06T18:32:48Z → 2016-02-07T16:50:26Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:50–06:13 on the 7th, 04:51–06:14 on the 8th.", "fact": "arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 29831 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Yama Tarpaṇa, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 7 February.", "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": "2016-02-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Yama Tarpaṇa 2016 falls on Sunday 7 February. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 14581 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 11 February.", "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": "2016-02-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2016 falls on Thursday 11 February. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 31158 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Tila Caturthī, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 11 February.", "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": "2016-02-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Tila Caturthī 2016 falls on Thursday 11 February. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.", "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 24545 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śrī Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 12 February.", "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": "2016-02-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śrī Pañcamī 2016 falls on Friday 12 February. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.", "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: unstated → only-day · margin 24545 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vasanta Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 12 February.", "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": "2016-02-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vasanta Pañcamī 2016 falls on Friday 12 February. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 14887 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ratha Saptamī, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 14 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ratha-saptami", "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 7 Ratha saptami (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise), Acala saptami, Vidhana saptami, Arogya saptami [purvaviddha]." } ], "kaala": "arunodaya", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ratha Saptamī 2016 falls on Sunday 14 February. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 16364 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bhīṣma Dvādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 19 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "bhishma-dvadashi", "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 12 Bhisma dvadasi (purvaviddha), Amalaki dvadasi, Santana dvadasi, Varaha dvadasi" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Bhīṣma Dvādaśī 2016 falls on Friday 19 February. 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It covers 87 of 87 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 87 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 4630 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 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": "2016-02-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Friday 19 February. Trayodaśī runs from 17:57 on Fri 19 Feb to 18:17 on Sat 20 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-02-19", "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/2016/maghi-purnima", "festival": "maghi-purnima", "name": "Māghī Pūrṇimā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-02-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 20437, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-02-21T19:04:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-21T17:04:19Z", "ms": 1456074258722.332 }, "end": { "local": "2016-02-22T20:19:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-22T18:19:52Z", "ms": 1456165191791.1401 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-02-21T19:04:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-21T17:04:19Z", "ms": 1456074258722.332 }, "end": { "local": "2016-02-22T20:19:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-22T18:19:52Z", "ms": 1456165191791.1401 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-02-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-02-21T12:35:42+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-21T10:35:42Z", "ms": 1456050941576.6318 }, "end": { "local": "2016-02-21T13:23:42+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-21T11:23:42Z", "ms": 1456053821576.6318 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-02-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-02-22T12:35:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-22T10:35:34Z", "ms": 1456137334387.6729 }, "end": { "local": "2016-02-22T13:23:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-02-22T11:23:34Z", "ms": 1456140214387.6729 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 19:04 on Sun 21 Feb to 20:20 on Mon 22 Feb.", "fact": "2016-02-21T17:04:19Z → 2016-02-22T18:19:52Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:36–13:24 on the 21st, 12:36–13:24 on the 22nd.", "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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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 20437 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Māghī Pūrṇimā, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 22 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": "2016-02-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-02-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2016 falls on Monday 22 February. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 25782 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 6 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": "2016-03-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Sunday 6 March. 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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 night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: disputed → only-day · margin 20562 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahāśivarātri, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 7 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "maha-shivaratri", "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 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. 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": "2016-03-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahāśivarātri 2016 falls on Monday 7 March. Caturdaśī runs from 09:51 on Mon 7 Mar to 07:04 on Tue 8 Mar and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/maha-shivaratri", "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/2016/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2016-03-12", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-03-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 4419, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-03-11T17:41:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-11T15:41:50Z", "ms": 1457710909787.7048 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-12T14:33:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-12T12:33:19Z", "ms": 1457785998675.0771 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-03-11T17:41:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-11T15:41:50Z", "ms": 1457710909787.7048 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-12T14:33:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-12T12:33:19Z", "ms": 1457785998675.0771 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-03-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-11T12:31:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-11T10:31:56Z", "ms": 1457692316082.484 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-11T13:19:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-11T11:19:56Z", "ms": 1457695196082.484 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-03-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-12T12:31:40+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-12T10:31:40Z", "ms": 1457778700143.7346 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-12T13:19:40+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-12T11:19:40Z", "ms": 1457781580143.7346 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 17:42 on Fri 11 Mar to 14:33 on Sat 12 Mar.", "fact": "2016-03-11T15:41:50Z → 2016-03-12T12:33:19Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:32–13:20 on the 11th, 12:32–13:20 on the 12th.", "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 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 midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4419 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 12 March.", "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": "2016-03-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2016 falls on Saturday 12 March. Caturthī runs from 17:42 on Fri 11 Mar to 14:33 on Sat 12 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2016-03-12", "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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-03-19", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Āmalakī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-03-19", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "margin" ], "boundary_margin_s": 39, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-03-18T06:08:36+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-18T04:08:36Z", "ms": 1458274116263.7585 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-19T06:49:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-19T04:49:52Z", "ms": 1458362991978.5842 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-03-18T06:08:36+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-18T04:08:36Z", "ms": 1458274116263.7585 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-19T06:49:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-19T04:49:52Z", "ms": 1458362991978.5842 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-03-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-18T06:48:27+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-18T04:48:27Z", "ms": 1458276506933.3513 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-18T06:48:27+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-18T04:48:27Z", "ms": 1458276506933.3513 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-03-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-19T06:49:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-19T04:49:13Z", "ms": 1458362953209.071 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-19T06:49:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-19T04:49:13Z", "ms": 1458362953209.071 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "paraviddha", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 06:09 on Fri 18 Mar to 06:50 on Sat 19 Mar.", "fact": "2016-03-18T04:08:36Z → 2016-03-19T04:49:52Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:48 on the 18th and 06:49 on the 19th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 18th and is on the 19th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both sunrises qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 39 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Āmalakī Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 19 March.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "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": "2016-03-18", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-19", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Āmalakī Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Saturday 19 March. Ekādaśī runs from 06:09 on Fri 18 Mar to 06:50 on Sat 19 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 0 min 39 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-03-19", "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/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-03-20", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-03-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33228, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-03-20T08:02:22+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-20T06:02:22Z", "ms": 1458453742166.1697 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-21T09:41:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-21T07:41:39Z", "ms": 1458546098833.6743 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-03-20T08:02:22+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-20T06:02:22Z", "ms": 1458453742166.1697 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-21T09:41:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-21T07:41:39Z", "ms": 1458546098833.6743 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-03-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-20T18:56:48+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-20T16:56:48Z", "ms": 1458493008107.5579 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-20T20:32:00+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-20T18:32:00Z", "ms": 1458498719715.4338 } }, "covered_min": 95, "window_min": 95, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-03-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-21T18:55:27+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-21T16:55:27Z", "ms": 1458579326509.9583 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-21T20:30:55+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-21T18:30:55Z", "ms": 1458585055092.5022 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 95, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 08:02 on Sun 20 Mar to 09:42 on Mon 21 Mar.", "fact": "2016-03-20T06:02:22Z → 2016-03-21T07:41:39Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:57–20:32 on the 20th, 18:55–20:31 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 95 of 95 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 95 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 33228 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 20 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": "2016-03-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Sunday 20 March. Trayodaśī runs from 08:02 on Sun 20 Mar to 09:42 on Mon 21 Mar and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-03-20", "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/2016/holika-dahana", "festival": "holika-dahana", "name": "Holikā Dahana", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-03-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8868, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-03-22T11:42:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-22T09:42:50Z", "ms": 1458639769895.8245 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-23T14:00:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T12:00:50Z", "ms": 1458734450326.1582 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-03-22T11:42:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-22T09:42:50Z", "ms": 1458639769895.8245 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-23T14:00:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T12:00:50Z", "ms": 1458734450326.1582 } }, "kaala": "sayahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-03-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-22T16:29:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-22T14:29:34Z", "ms": 1458656974080.7195 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-22T18:54:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-22T16:54:05Z", "ms": 1458665644881.14 } }, "covered_min": 145, "window_min": 145, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-03-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-23T16:28:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T14:28:38Z", "ms": 1458743317888.8716 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-23T18:52:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T16:52:43Z", "ms": 1458751963252.413 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 144, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 11:43 on Tue 22 Mar to 14:01 on Wed 23 Mar.", "fact": "2016-03-22T09:42:50Z → 2016-03-23T12:00:50Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:30–18:54 on the 22nd, 16:29–18:53 on the 23rd.", "fact": "sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 144 on the 23rd.", "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 8868 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Holikā Dahana, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 22 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": "2016-03-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Holikā Dahana 2016 falls on Tuesday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:43 on Tue 22 Mar to 14:01 on Wed 23 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/holi", "festival": "holi", "name": "Holī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-03-23", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8868, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-03-22T11:42:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-22T09:42:50Z", "ms": 1458639769895.8245 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-23T14:00:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T12:00:50Z", "ms": 1458734450326.1582 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-03-22T11:42:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-22T09:42:50Z", "ms": 1458639769895.8245 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-23T14:00:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T12:00:50Z", "ms": 1458734450326.1582 } }, "kaala": "sayahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-03-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-22T16:29:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-22T14:29:34Z", "ms": 1458656974080.7195 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-22T18:54:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-22T16:54:05Z", "ms": 1458665644881.14 } }, "covered_min": 145, "window_min": 145, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-03-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-23T16:28:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T14:28:38Z", "ms": 1458743317888.8716 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-23T18:52:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T16:52:43Z", "ms": 1458751963252.413 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 144, "qualifies": false } ], "follows": { "festival": "holika-dahana", "name": "Holikā Dahana", "local_date": "2016-03-22", "days": 1 }, "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 11:43 on Tue 22 Mar to 14:01 on Wed 23 Mar.", "fact": "2016-03-22T09:42:50Z → 2016-03-23T12:00:50Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:30–18:54 on the 22nd, 16:29–18:53 on the 23rd.", "fact": "sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 144 on the 23rd.", "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 8868 s" }, { "step": "counted", "text": "Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 22 March is the day taken above.", "fact": "follows: holika-dahana + 1 d" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Holī, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 23 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": "2016-03-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Holī 2016 falls on Wednesday 23 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:43 on Tue 22 Mar to 14:01 on Wed 23 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 22nd.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/vasantotsava", "festival": "vasantotsava", "name": "Vasantotsava", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-03-24", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 25714, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 15, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2016-03-23T14:00:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T12:00:50Z", "ms": 1458734450326.1582 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-24T16:30:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-24T14:30:18Z", "ms": 1458829818206.5276 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-03-23T14:00:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T12:00:50Z", "ms": 1458734450326.1582 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-24T16:30:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-24T14:30:18Z", "ms": 1458829818206.5276 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-03-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-23T06:52:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T04:52:16Z", "ms": 1458708736434.7053 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-23T06:52:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-23T04:52:16Z", "ms": 1458708736434.7053 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-03-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-24T06:53:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-24T04:53:02Z", "ms": 1458795181849.3193 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-24T06:53:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-24T04:53:02Z", "ms": 1458795181849.3193 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 14:01 on Wed 23 Mar to 16:30 on Thu 24 Mar.", "fact": "2016-03-23T12:00:50Z → 2016-03-24T14:30:18Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:52 on the 23rd and 06:53 on the 24th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 23rd and is on the 24th.", "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 25714 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vasantotsava, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 24 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": "2016-03-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vasantotsava 2016 falls on Thursday 24 March. Pratipadā runs from 14:01 on Wed 23 Mar to 16:30 on Thu 24 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/vasantotsava", "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/2016/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2016-03-27", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-03-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 3449, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-03-26T21:39:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-26T19:39:09Z", "ms": 1459021148725.8958 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-28T00:04:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-27T22:04:02Z", "ms": 1459116241663.24 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-03-26T21:39:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-26T19:39:09Z", "ms": 1459021148725.8958 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-28T00:04:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-27T22:04:02Z", "ms": 1459116241663.24 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-03-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-26T20:41:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-26T18:41:39Z", "ms": 1459017699253.3801 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-26T20:41:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-26T18:41:39Z", "ms": 1459017699253.3801 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-03-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-27T21:18:36+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-27T19:18:36Z", "ms": 1459106316157.8618 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-27T21:18:36+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-27T19:18:36Z", "ms": 1459106316157.8618 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 21:39 on Sat 26 Mar to 00:04 on Mon 28 Mar.", "fact": "2016-03-26T19:39:09Z → 2016-03-27T22:04:02Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 20:42 on the 26th and 21:19 on the 27th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 26th and is on the 27th.", "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 3449 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 27 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": "2016-03-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2016 falls on Sunday 27 March. Caturthī runs from 21:39 on Sat 26 Mar to 00:04 on Mon 28 Mar and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2016-03-27", "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/2016/shitalashtami", "festival": "shitalashtami", "name": "Śītalāṣṭamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-03-31", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 25306, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 22, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2016-03-31T04:58:45+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-31T02:58:45Z", "ms": 1459393125451.6194 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-01T05:24:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-01T03:24:01Z", "ms": 1459481041324.7632 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-03-31T04:58:45+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-31T02:58:45Z", "ms": 1459393125451.6194 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-01T05:24:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-01T03:24:01Z", "ms": 1459481041324.7632 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-03-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-03-31T12:26:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-31T10:26:05Z", "ms": 1459419965497.2837 }, "end": { "local": "2016-03-31T13:14:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-03-31T11:14:05Z", "ms": 1459422845497.2837 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-04-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-01T12:25:48+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-01T10:25:48Z", "ms": 1459506347778.592 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-01T13:13:48+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-01T11:13:48Z", "ms": 1459509227778.592 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 04:59 on Thu 31 Mar to 05:24 on Fri 1 Apr.", "fact": "2016-03-31T02:58:45Z → 2016-04-01T03:24:01Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:26–13:14 on the 31st, 12:26–13:14 on the 1st.", "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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.", "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 25306 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śītalāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 31 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": "2016-03-31", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-03-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śītalāṣṭamī 2016 falls on Thursday 31 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:59 on Thu 31 Mar to 05:24 on Fri 1 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-04-03", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-04-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 10952, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-04-03T03:57:59+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-03T01:57:59Z", "ms": 1459648679395.1013 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-04T02:07:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-04T00:07:33Z", "ms": 1459728453470.6719 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-04-03T03:57:59+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-03T01:57:59Z", "ms": 1459648679395.1013 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-04T02:07:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-04T00:07:33Z", "ms": 1459728453470.6719 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-04-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-03T07:00:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-03T05:00:31Z", "ms": 1459659631433.175 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-03T07:00:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-03T05:00:31Z", "ms": 1459659631433.175 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-04-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-04T07:01:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-04T05:01:16Z", "ms": 1459746076206.9841 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-04T07:01:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-04T05:01:16Z", "ms": 1459746076206.9841 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 03:58 on Sun 3 Apr to 02:08 on Mon 4 Apr.", "fact": "2016-04-03T01:57:59Z → 2016-04-04T00:07:33Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:01 on the 3rd and 07:01 on the 4th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 3rd and is not on the 4th.", "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 10952 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 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": "2016-04-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-04-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Sunday 3 April. Ekādaśī runs from 03:58 on Sun 3 Apr to 02:08 on Mon 4 Apr and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-04-03", "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/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-04-05", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-04-05", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1163, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-04-04T23:37:25+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-04T21:37:25Z", "ms": 1459805845048.9587 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-05T20:34:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-05T18:34:19Z", "ms": 1459881258701.3184 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-04-04T23:37:25+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-04T21:37:25Z", "ms": 1459805845048.9587 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-05T20:34:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-05T18:34:19Z", "ms": 1459881258701.3184 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-04-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-04T18:36:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-04T16:36:35Z", "ms": 1459787794875.0923 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-04T20:15:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-04T18:15:58Z", "ms": 1459793758356.1934 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 99, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-04-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-05T18:35:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-05T16:35:16Z", "ms": 1459874116001.5447 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-05T20:14:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-05T18:14:56Z", "ms": 1459880095970.2317 } }, "covered_min": 100, "window_min": 100, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 23:37 on Mon 4 Apr to 20:34 on Tue 5 Apr.", "fact": "2016-04-04T21:37:25Z → 2016-04-05T18:34:19Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:37–20:16 on the 4th, 18:35–20:15 on the 5th.", "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 99 minutes on the 4th and 100 of 100 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 1163 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 5 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": "2016-04-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-04-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Tuesday 5 April. 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Tṛtīyā runs from 05:53 on Sat 9 Apr to 02:26 on Sun 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2016-04-10", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-04-10", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 35843, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-04-10T02:25:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-10T00:25:54Z", "ms": 1460247953562.9812 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-10T23:24:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-10T21:24:18Z", "ms": 1460323458311.2253 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-04-10T02:25:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-10T00:25:54Z", "ms": 1460247953562.9812 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-10T23:24:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-10T21:24:18Z", "ms": 1460323458311.2253 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-04-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-10T12:23:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-10T10:23:17Z", "ms": 1460283796618.3389 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-10T13:11:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-10T11:11:17Z", "ms": 1460286676618.3389 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-04-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-11T12:23:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-11T10:23:01Z", "ms": 1460370181004.855 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-11T13:11:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-11T11:11:01Z", "ms": 1460373061004.855 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 02:26 on Sun 10 Apr to 23:24 on Sun 10 Apr.", "fact": "2016-04-10T00:25:54Z → 2016-04-10T21:24:18Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:23–13:11 on the 10th, 12:23–13:11 on the 11th.", "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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Pañcamī runs from 23:24 on Sun 10 Apr to 20:57 on Mon 11 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/lakshmi-panchami", "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/2016/vaishakhi", "festival": "vaishakhi", "name": "Vaiśākhī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-04-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33004, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 0, "key": "mesha", "name": "Meṣa", "start": { "local": "2016-04-13T16:18:03+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-13T14:18:03Z", "ms": 1460557083142.6938 }, "end": { "local": "2016-05-14T13:11:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-05-14T11:11:43Z", "ms": 1463224302835.515 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2016-04-13T16:18:03+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-13T14:18:03Z", "ms": 1460557083142.6938 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-13T16:18:03+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-13T14:18:03Z", "ms": 1460557083142.6938 } }, "kaala": "day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-04-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-12T07:07:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-12T05:07:15Z", "ms": 1460437634712.7456 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-13T07:08:00+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-13T05:08:00Z", "ms": 1460524079587.2078 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1441, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-04-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-13T07:08:00+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-13T05:08:00Z", "ms": 1460524079587.2078 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-14T07:08:44+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-14T05:08:44Z", "ms": 1460610524481.0918 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1441, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Meṣa at 16:18 on Wed 13 Apr.", "fact": "2016-04-13T14:18:03Z · 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. 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Aṣṭamī runs from 18:11 on Wed 13 Apr to 17:59 on Thu 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/bhavani-utpatti", "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/2016/rama-navami", "festival": "rama-navami", "name": "Rāma Navamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-04-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 17341, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 8, "key": "navami", "name": "Navamī", "start": { "local": "2016-04-14T17:59:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-14T15:59:17Z", "ms": 1460649556691.092 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-15T18:33:20+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-15T16:33:20Z", "ms": 1460737999972.331 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-04-14T17:59:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-14T15:59:17Z", "ms": 1460649556691.092 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-15T18:33:20+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-15T16:33:20Z", "ms": 1460737999972.331 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-04-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-14T12:22:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-14T10:22:16Z", "ms": 1460629335929.1826 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-14T13:10:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-14T11:10:16Z", "ms": 1460632215929.1826 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-04-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-15T12:22:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-15T10:22:02Z", "ms": 1460715721543.3271 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-15T13:10:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-15T11:10:02Z", "ms": 1460718601543.3271 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Navamī runs from 17:59 on Thu 14 Apr to 18:33 on Fri 15 Apr.", "fact": "2016-04-14T15:59:17Z → 2016-04-15T16:33:20Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:22–13:10 on the 14th, 12:22–13:10 on the 15th.", "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: unstated → only-day · margin 17341 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rāma Navamī, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 15 April.", "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": "2016-04-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-04-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rāma Navamī 2016 falls on Friday 15 April. 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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": "2016-04-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-04-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kāmadā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Sunday 17 April. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 36248 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Anaṅga Trayodaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 19 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": "2016-04-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-04-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Anaṅga Trayodaśī 2016 falls on Tuesday 19 April. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 13635 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 19 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": "2016-04-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-04-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Tuesday 19 April. 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Caturdaśī runs from 02:17 on Wed 20 Apr to 04:51 on Thu 21 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/vishnu-damanaka-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/2016/chaitri-purnima", "festival": "chaitri-purnima", "name": "Caitrī Pūrṇimā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-04-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 17816, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-04-21T04:50:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-21T02:50:35Z", "ms": 1461207035340.6724 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-22T07:23:36+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-22T05:23:36Z", "ms": 1461302615883.3477 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-04-21T04:50:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-21T02:50:35Z", "ms": 1461207035340.6724 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-22T07:23:36+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-22T05:23:36Z", "ms": 1461302615883.3477 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-04-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-21T12:20:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-21T10:20:43Z", "ms": 1461234043083.6414 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-21T13:08:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-21T11:08:43Z", "ms": 1461236923083.6414 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-04-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-04-22T12:20:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-22T10:20:31Z", "ms": 1461320431468.5605 }, "end": { "local": "2016-04-22T13:08:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-04-22T11:08:31Z", "ms": 1461323311468.5605 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 04:51 on Thu 21 Apr to 07:24 on Fri 22 Apr.", "fact": "2016-04-21T02:50:35Z → 2016-04-22T05:23:36Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:21–13:09 on the 21st, 12:21–13:09 on the 22nd.", "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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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 17816 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 21 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": "2016-04-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-04-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2016 falls on Thursday 21 April. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 33015 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 4 May.", "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": "2016-05-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-05-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Wednesday 4 May. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2477 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 18 May.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rukmini-dvadashi", "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 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-05-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-05-18", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 2016 falls on Wednesday 18 May. 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Trayodaśī runs from 16:22 on Wed 18 May to 18:53 on Thu 19 May and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. 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It covers 112 of 112 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 112 on the 3rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. 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Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:40 on Thu 9 Jun to 20:06 on Fri 10 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-06-15", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Nirjalā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-06-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 5122, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-06-15T03:56:57+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-15T01:56:57Z", "ms": 1465955816856.7578 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-16T06:24:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-16T04:24:58Z", "ms": 1466051097780.846 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-06-15T03:56:57+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-15T01:56:57Z", "ms": 1465955816856.7578 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-16T06:24:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-16T04:24:58Z", "ms": 1466051097780.846 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-06-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-06-15T07:50:00+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-15T05:50:00Z", "ms": 1465969799551.6987 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-15T07:50:00+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-15T05:50:00Z", "ms": 1465969799551.6987 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-06-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-06-16T07:50:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-16T05:50:19Z", "ms": 1466056219437.1973 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-16T07:50:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-16T05:50:19Z", "ms": 1466056219437.1973 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 03:57 on Wed 15 Jun to 06:25 on Thu 16 Jun.", "fact": "2016-06-15T01:56:57Z → 2016-06-16T04:24:58Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:50 on the 15th and 07:50 on the 16th.", "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": "2016-06-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-06-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Nirjalā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Wednesday 15 June. Ekādaśī runs from 03:57 on Wed 15 Jun to 06:25 on Thu 16 Jun and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-06-15", "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/2016/shri-rama-dvadashi", "festival": "shri-rama-dvadashi", "name": "Śrī Rāma Dvādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-06-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 13413, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 11, "key": "dvadashi", "name": "Dvādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-06-16T06:24:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-16T04:24:58Z", "ms": 1466051097780.846 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-17T08:39:44+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-17T06:39:44Z", "ms": 1466145584146.072 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-06-16T06:24:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-16T04:24:58Z", "ms": 1466051097780.846 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-17T08:39:44+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-17T06:39:44Z", "ms": 1466145584146.072 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-06-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-06-16T12:23:04+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-16T10:23:04Z", "ms": 1466072584208.0728 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-16T13:11:04+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-16T11:11:04Z", "ms": 1466075464208.0728 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-06-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-06-17T12:23:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-17T10:23:17Z", "ms": 1466158997396.8477 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-17T13:11:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-17T11:11:17Z", "ms": 1466161877396.8477 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvādaśī runs from 06:25 on Thu 16 Jun to 08:40 on Fri 17 Jun.", "fact": "2016-06-16T04:24:58Z → 2016-06-17T06:39:44Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:23–13:11 on the 16th, 12:23–13:11 on the 17th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. 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It is on the 23rd and is not on the 24th.", "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 26432 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 23 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": "2016-06-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-06-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2016 falls on Thursday 23 June. Caturthī runs from 13:35 on Thu 23 Jun to 13:01 on Fri 24 Jun and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2016-06-23", "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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-06-30", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Yoginī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-06-30", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 19413, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-06-30T02:29:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-30T00:29:01Z", "ms": 1467246540628.169 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-30T23:44:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-30T21:44:19Z", "ms": 1467323059058.3784 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-06-30T02:29:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-30T00:29:01Z", "ms": 1467246540628.169 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-30T23:44:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-30T21:44:19Z", "ms": 1467323059058.3784 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-06-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-06-30T07:52:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-30T05:52:33Z", "ms": 1467265953208.891 }, "end": { "local": "2016-06-30T07:52:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-06-30T05:52:33Z", "ms": 1467265953208.891 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-07-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-01T07:52:32+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-01T05:52:32Z", "ms": 1467352351732.2744 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-01T07:52:32+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-01T05:52:32Z", "ms": 1467352351732.2744 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 02:29 on Thu 30 Jun to 23:44 on Thu 30 Jun.", "fact": "2016-06-30T00:29:01Z → 2016-06-30T21:44:19Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:53 on the 30th and 07:53 on the 1st.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 30th and is not on the 1st.", "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 19413 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Yoginī Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 30 June.", "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": "2016-06-30", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-06-30", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Yoginī Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Thursday 30 June. Ekādaśī runs from 02:29 on Thu 30 Jun to 23:44 on Thu 30 Jun and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-06-30", "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/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-07-02", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-02", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 907, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-07-01T20:53:25+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-01T18:53:25Z", "ms": 1467399204900.1309 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-02T18:03:36+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-02T16:03:36Z", "ms": 1467475415617.2805 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-01T20:53:25+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-01T18:53:25Z", "ms": 1467399204900.1309 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-02T18:03:36+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-02T16:03:36Z", "ms": 1467475415617.2805 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-01T17:48:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-01T15:48:02Z", "ms": 1467388082381.4482 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-01T19:40:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-01T17:40:38Z", "ms": 1467394837891.284 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 113, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-07-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-02T17:48:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-02T15:48:29Z", "ms": 1467474508683.2332 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-02T19:41:00+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-02T17:41:00Z", "ms": 1467481260074.0625 } }, "covered_min": 15, "window_min": 113, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 20:53 on Fri 1 Jul to 18:04 on Sat 2 Jul.", "fact": "2016-07-01T18:53:25Z → 2016-07-02T16:03:36Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:48–19:41 on the 1st, 17:48–19:41 on the 2nd.", "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 1st and 15 of 113 on the 2nd.", "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 907 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 2 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": "2016-07-02", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-02", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Saturday 2 July. 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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": "2016-07-02", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-02", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2016 falls on Saturday 2 July. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 4864 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rathayātrā, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 5 July.", "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": "2016-07-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rathayātrā 2016 falls on Tuesday 5 July. Dvitīyā runs from 11:06 on Tue 5 Jul to 09:46 on Wed 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2016-07-07", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-07", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 11577, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-07-07T09:07:44+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-07T07:07:44Z", "ms": 1467875264135.833 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-08T09:14:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-08T07:14:35Z", "ms": 1467962075017.0742 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-07T09:07:44+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-07T07:07:44Z", "ms": 1467875264135.833 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-08T09:14:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-08T07:14:35Z", "ms": 1467962075017.0742 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-07T12:27:22+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-07T10:27:22Z", "ms": 1467887242110.5186 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-07T13:15:22+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-07T11:15:22Z", "ms": 1467890122110.5186 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-07-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-08T12:27:32+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-08T10:27:32Z", "ms": 1467973651669.1353 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-08T13:15:32+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-08T11:15:32Z", "ms": 1467976531669.1353 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 09:08 on Thu 7 Jul to 09:15 on Fri 8 Jul.", "fact": "2016-07-07T07:07:44Z → 2016-07-08T07:14:35Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:27–13:15 on the 7th, 12:28–13:16 on the 8th.", "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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.", "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 11577 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 7 July.", "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": "2016-07-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2016 falls on Thursday 7 July. Caturthī runs from 09:08 on Thu 7 Jul to 09:15 on Fri 8 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2016-07-07", "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/2016/skanda-panchami", "festival": "skanda-panchami", "name": "Skanda Pañcamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-08", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8472, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 4, "key": "panchami", "name": "Pañcamī", "start": { "local": "2016-07-08T09:14:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-08T07:14:35Z", "ms": 1467962075017.0742 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-09T10:06:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-09T08:06:29Z", "ms": 1468051589015.8381 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-08T09:14:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-08T07:14:35Z", "ms": 1467962075017.0742 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-09T10:06:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-09T08:06:29Z", "ms": 1468051589015.8381 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-08T12:27:32+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-08T10:27:32Z", "ms": 1467973651669.1353 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-08T13:15:32+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-08T11:15:32Z", "ms": 1467976531669.1353 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-07-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-09T12:27:41+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-09T10:27:41Z", "ms": 1468060060801.9648 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-09T13:15:41+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-09T11:15:41Z", "ms": 1468062940801.9648 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pañcamī runs from 09:15 on Fri 8 Jul to 10:06 on Sat 9 Jul.", "fact": "2016-07-08T07:14:35Z → 2016-07-09T08:06:29Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:28–13:16 on the 8th, 12:28–13:16 on the 9th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.", "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 8472 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Skanda Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 8 July.", "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": "2016-07-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Skanda Pañcamī 2016 falls on Friday 8 July. Pañcamī runs from 09:15 on Fri 8 Jul to 10:06 on Sat 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/skanda-panchami", "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/2016/vivasvat-saptami", "festival": "vivasvat-saptami", "name": "Vivasvat Saptamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-10", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1580, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 6, "key": "saptami", "name": "Saptamī", "start": { "local": "2016-07-10T11:38:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-10T09:38:47Z", "ms": 1468143527308.1167 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-11T13:42:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-11T11:42:17Z", "ms": 1468237337257.821 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-10T11:38:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-10T09:38:47Z", "ms": 1468143527308.1167 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-11T13:42:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-11T11:42:17Z", "ms": 1468237337257.821 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-10T12:27:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-10T10:27:49Z", "ms": 1468146469490.1975 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-10T13:15:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-10T11:15:49Z", "ms": 1468149349490.1975 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-07-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-11T12:27:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-11T10:27:58Z", "ms": 1468232877716.4556 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-11T13:15:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-11T11:15:58Z", "ms": 1468235757716.4556 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "purvaviddha", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Saptamī runs from 11:39 on Sun 10 Jul to 13:42 on Mon 11 Jul.", "fact": "2016-07-10T09:38:47Z → 2016-07-11T11:42:17Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:28–13:16 on the 10th, 12:28–13:16 on the 11th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1580 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vivasvat Saptamī, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 10 July.", "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": "2016-07-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vivasvat Saptamī 2016 falls on Sunday 10 July. Saptamī runs from 11:39 on Sun 10 Jul to 13:42 on Mon 11 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-07-15", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Hariśayanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33036, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-07-14T20:44:57+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-14T18:44:57Z", "ms": 1468521897113.3142 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-15T22:38:22+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-15T20:38:22Z", "ms": 1468615102262.055 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-14T20:44:57+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-14T18:44:57Z", "ms": 1468521897113.3142 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-15T22:38:22+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-15T20:38:22Z", "ms": 1468615102262.055 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-15T07:49:24+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-15T05:49:24Z", "ms": 1468561763831.6753 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-15T07:49:24+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-15T05:49:24Z", "ms": 1468561763831.6753 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-07-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-16T07:48:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-16T05:48:58Z", "ms": 1468648138325.8008 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-16T07:48:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-16T05:48:58Z", "ms": 1468648138325.8008 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 20:45 on Thu 14 Jul to 22:38 on Fri 15 Jul.", "fact": "2016-07-14T18:44:57Z → 2016-07-15T20:38:22Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:49 on the 15th and 07:49 on the 16th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 15th and is not on the 16th.", "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 33036 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Hariśayanī Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 15 July.", "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": "2016-07-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Hariśayanī Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Friday 15 July. 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It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 16th and 111 of 111 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 15313 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 17 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": "2016-07-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Sunday 17 July. Trayodaśī runs from 00:02 on Sun 17 Jul to 00:53 on Mon 18 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-07-17", "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/2016/vyasa-puja", "festival": "vyasa-puja", "name": "Vyāsa Pūjā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 23829, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-07-19T01:10:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-18T23:10:23Z", "ms": 1468883423409.3267 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-20T00:56:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-19T22:56:35Z", "ms": 1468968994722.4387 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-19T01:10:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-18T23:10:23Z", "ms": 1468883423409.3267 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-20T00:56:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-19T22:56:35Z", "ms": 1468968994722.4387 } }, "kaala": "udaya-3", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-19T07:47:32+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-19T05:47:32Z", "ms": 1468907252334.711 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-19T09:49:37+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-19T07:49:37Z", "ms": 1468914577496.2156 } }, "covered_min": 122, "window_min": 122, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-07-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-20T07:47:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-20T05:47:01Z", "ms": 1468993620557.1667 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-20T09:49:20+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-20T07:49:20Z", "ms": 1469000959829.655 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 122, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 01:10 on Tue 19 Jul to 00:57 on Wed 20 Jul.", "fact": "2016-07-18T23:10:23Z → 2016-07-19T22:56:35Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:48–09:50 on the 19th, 07:47–09:49 on the 20th.", "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": "2016-07-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vyāsa Pūjā 2016 falls on Tuesday 19 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:10 on Tue 19 Jul to 00:57 on Wed 20 Jul and covers all of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise that morning.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/guru-purnima", "festival": "guru-purnima", "name": "Guru Pūrṇimā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 40702, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-07-19T01:10:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-18T23:10:23Z", "ms": 1468883423409.3267 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-20T00:56:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-19T22:56:35Z", "ms": 1468968994722.4387 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-19T01:10:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-18T23:10:23Z", "ms": 1468883423409.3267 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-20T00:56:35+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-19T22:56:35Z", "ms": 1468968994722.4387 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-19T12:28:45+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-19T10:28:45Z", "ms": 1468924125238.4724 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-19T13:16:45+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-19T11:16:45Z", "ms": 1468927005238.4724 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-07-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-20T12:28:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-20T10:28:49Z", "ms": 1469010528738.3872 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-20T13:16:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-20T11:16:49Z", "ms": 1469013408738.3872 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 01:10 on Tue 19 Jul to 00:57 on Wed 20 Jul.", "fact": "2016-07-18T23:10:23Z → 2016-07-19T22:56:35Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:29–13:17 on the 19th, 12:29–13:17 on the 20th.", "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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It is not on the 20th and is on the 21st.", "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 12171 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha), Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 21 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": "2016-07-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha) 2016 falls on Thursday 21 July. Dvitīyā runs from 00:15 on Thu 21 Jul to 23:11 on Thu 21 Jul and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2016-07-22", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-22", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "absent-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 3393, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-07-22T21:47:12+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-22T19:47:12Z", "ms": 1469216831889.2139 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-23T20:08:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-23T18:08:11Z", "ms": 1469297291386.8806 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-22T21:47:12+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-22T19:47:12Z", "ms": 1469216831889.2139 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-23T20:08:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-23T18:08:11Z", "ms": 1469297291386.8806 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-22T20:50:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-22T18:50:39Z", "ms": 1469213438607.5784 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-22T20:50:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-22T18:50:39Z", "ms": 1469213438607.5784 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-07-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-23T21:54:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-23T19:54:09Z", "ms": 1469303648562.7554 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-23T21:54:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-23T19:54:09Z", "ms": 1469303648562.7554 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "tithi-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 21:47 on Fri 22 Jul to 20:08 on Sat 23 Jul.", "fact": "2016-07-22T19:47:12Z → 2016-07-23T18:08:11Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 20:51 on the 22nd and 21:54 on the 23rd.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 22nd and is not on the 23rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither moonrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.", "fact": "priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 3393 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 22 July.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)" } ], "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": "2016-07-22", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-22", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2016 falls on Friday 22 July. Caturthī runs from 21:47 on Fri 22 Jul to 20:08 on Sat 23 Jul, and is current at moonrise on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2016-07-22", "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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-07-29", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Kāmikā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-29", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1446, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-07-29T07:17:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-29T05:17:02Z", "ms": 1469769421976.9932 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-30T05:04:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-30T03:04:11Z", "ms": 1469847851209.531 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-29T07:17:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-29T05:17:02Z", "ms": 1469769421976.9932 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-30T05:04:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-30T03:04:11Z", "ms": 1469847851209.531 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-29T07:41:08+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-29T05:41:08Z", "ms": 1469770867748.3542 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-29T07:41:08+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-29T05:41:08Z", "ms": 1469770867748.3542 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-07-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-30T07:40:21+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-30T05:40:21Z", "ms": 1469857221457.7148 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-30T07:40:21+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-30T05:40:21Z", "ms": 1469857221457.7148 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 07:17 on Fri 29 Jul to 05:04 on Sat 30 Jul.", "fact": "2016-07-29T05:17:02Z → 2016-07-30T03:04:11Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:41 on the 29th and 07:40 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": "2016-07-29", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-29", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kāmikā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Friday 29 July. Ekādaśī runs from 07:17 on Fri 29 Jul to 05:04 on Sat 30 Jul and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-07-29", "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/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-07-31", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-31", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 19067, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-07-31T03:00:42+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T01:00:42Z", "ms": 1469926841550.036 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-01T01:12:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T23:12:13Z", "ms": 1470006732780.704 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-07-31T03:00:42+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T01:00:42Z", "ms": 1469926841550.036 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-01T01:12:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T23:12:13Z", "ms": 1470006732780.704 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-30T18:05:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-30T16:05:23Z", "ms": 1469894722935.0032 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-30T19:53:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-30T17:53:56Z", "ms": 1469901236385.7075 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 109, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-07-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-07-31T18:06:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T16:06:05Z", "ms": 1469981164831.593 }, "end": { "local": "2016-07-31T19:54:26+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T17:54:26Z", "ms": 1469987666165.8245 } }, "covered_min": 108, "window_min": 108, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 03:01 on Sun 31 Jul to 01:12 on Mon 1 Aug.", "fact": "2016-07-31T01:00:42Z → 2016-07-31T23:12:13Z" }, { "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 0 of 109 minutes on the 30th and 108 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 19067 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 31 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": "2016-07-31", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Sunday 31 July. Trayodaśī runs from 03:01 on Sun 31 Jul to 01:12 on Mon 1 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-07-31", "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/2016/shivaratri?on=2016-07-31", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-07-31", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "margin" ], "boundary_margin_s": 252, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-08-01T01:12:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T23:12:13Z", "ms": 1470006732780.704 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-01T23:44:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-01T21:44:49Z", "ms": 1470087889337.7312 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-08-01T01:12:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T23:12:13Z", "ms": 1470006732780.704 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-01T23:44:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-01T21:44:49Z", "ms": 1470087889337.7312 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-07-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-01T00:28:25+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T22:28:25Z", "ms": 1470004104834.9604 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-01T01:16:25+02:00", "utc": "2016-07-31T23:16:25Z", "ms": 1470006984834.9604 } }, "covered_min": 4, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-08-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-02T00:28:21+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-01T22:28:21Z", "ms": 1470090500703.3813 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-02T01:16:21+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-01T23:16:21Z", "ms": 1470093380703.3813 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 01:12 on Mon 1 Aug to 23:45 on Mon 1 Aug.", "fact": "2016-07-31T23:12:13Z → 2016-08-01T21:44:49Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:28–01:16 on the 31st, 00:28–01:16 on the 1st.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 4 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.", "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 252 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 31 July.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "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": "2016-07-31", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-07-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2016 falls on Sunday 31 July. Caturdaśī runs from 01:12 on Mon 1 Aug to 23:45 on Mon 1 Aug and covers 4 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.", "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 32928 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Madhusravā Tṛtīyā, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 5 August.", "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": "2016-08-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Madhusravā Tṛtīyā (Hariyali Teej) 2016 falls on Friday 5 August. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 35963 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Nāga Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 7 August.", "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": "2016-08-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Nāga Pañcamī 2016 falls on Sunday 7 August. 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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": "2016-08-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Putradā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Sunday 14 August. 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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. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2819 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 15 August.", "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": "2016-08-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2016 falls on Monday 15 August. Dvādaśī runs from 14:02 on Sun 14 Aug to 14:19 on Mon 15 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-08-15", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-08-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 14253, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-08-15T14:19:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-15T12:19:05Z", "ms": 1471263545290.0745 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-16T13:56:28+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-16T11:56:28Z", "ms": 1471348588306.771 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-08-15T14:19:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-15T12:19:05Z", "ms": 1471263545290.0745 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-16T13:56:28+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-16T11:56:28Z", "ms": 1471348588306.771 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-08-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-15T18:16:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-15T16:16:38Z", "ms": 1471277798112.6243 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-15T20:01:37+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-15T18:01:37Z", "ms": 1471284097477.1575 } }, "covered_min": 105, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-08-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-16T18:17:20+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-16T16:17:20Z", "ms": 1471364240002.901 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-16T20:02:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-16T18:02:05Z", "ms": 1471370524782.7412 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 14:19 on Mon 15 Aug to 13:56 on Tue 16 Aug.", "fact": "2016-08-15T12:19:05Z → 2016-08-16T11:56:28Z" }, { "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": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 105 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 14253 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 15 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": "2016-08-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Monday 15 August. Trayodaśī runs from 14:19 on Mon 15 Aug to 13:56 on Tue 16 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-08-15", "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/2016/raksha-bandhana", "festival": "raksha-bandhana", "name": "Rakṣā Bandhana", "everyday": "Rakhi", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-08-17", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 14687, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-08-17T12:57:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-17T10:57:18Z", "ms": 1471431438078.6313 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-18T11:26:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-18T09:26:34Z", "ms": 1471512394276.4084 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "second-half", "start": { "local": "2016-08-18T00:15:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-17T22:15:31Z", "ms": 1471472131053.993 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-18T11:26:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-18T09:26:34Z", "ms": 1471512394276.4084 } }, "kaala": "day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-08-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-17T07:22:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-17T05:22:56Z", "ms": 1471411375851.7039 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-18T07:21:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-18T05:21:47Z", "ms": 1471497707418.4966 } }, "covered_min": 426, "window_min": 1439, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-08-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-18T07:21:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-18T05:21:47Z", "ms": 1471497707418.4966 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-19T07:20:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-19T05:20:38Z", "ms": 1471584038076.862 } }, "covered_min": 245, "window_min": 1439, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 12:57 on Wed 17 Aug to 11:27 on Thu 18 Aug. Its second half begins at 00:16 on Thu 18 Aug.", "fact": "2016-08-17T10:57:18Z → 2016-08-18T09:26:34Z · second half from 2016-08-17T22:15:31Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise: from 07:23 on the 17th, and from 07:22 on the 18th.", "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 426 of 1439 minutes on the 17th and 245 of 1439 on the 18th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both days qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 14687 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rakṣā Bandhana, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 17 August.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "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": "2016-08-17", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-17", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rakṣā Bandhana (Rakhi) 2016 falls on Wednesday 17 August. The second half of Pūrṇimā runs from 00:16 on Thu 18 Aug to 11:27 on Thu 18 Aug and falls on two days: 426 minutes of it on the 17th, 245 on the 18th; the rule does not say which to take, and the day that holds more of it is ruled: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/rishi-tarpana", "festival": "rishi-tarpana", "name": "Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-08-17", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1031, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-08-17T12:57:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-17T10:57:18Z", "ms": 1471431438078.6313 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-18T11:26:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-18T09:26:34Z", "ms": 1471512394276.4084 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-08-17T12:57:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-17T10:57:18Z", "ms": 1471431438078.6313 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-18T11:26:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-18T09:26:34Z", "ms": 1471512394276.4084 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-08-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-17T12:26:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-17T10:26:29Z", "ms": 1471429588831.371 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-17T13:14:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-17T11:14:29Z", "ms": 1471432468831.371 } }, "covered_min": 17, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-08-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-18T12:26:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-18T10:26:15Z", "ms": 1471515975477.9624 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-18T13:14:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-18T11:14:15Z", "ms": 1471518855477.9624 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 12:57 on Wed 17 Aug to 11:27 on Thu 18 Aug.", "fact": "2016-08-17T10:57:18Z → 2016-08-18T09:26:34Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:26–13:14 on the 17th, 12:26–13:14 on the 18th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 17 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.", "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 1031 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 17 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": "2016-08-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa 2016 falls on Wednesday 17 August. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:57 on Wed 17 Aug to 11:27 on Thu 18 Aug and covers 17 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/ashunya-shayana-vrata", "festival": "ashunya-shayana-vrata", "name": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-08-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 36701, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 16, "key": "dvitiya", "name": "Dvitīyā", "start": { "local": "2016-08-19T09:30:22+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-19T07:30:22Z", "ms": 1471591822467.9387 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-20T07:15:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T05:15:15Z", "ms": 1471670114723.0984 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-08-19T09:30:22+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-19T07:30:22Z", "ms": 1471591822467.9387 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-20T07:15:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T05:15:15Z", "ms": 1471670114723.0984 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-08-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-19T19:42:04+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-19T17:42:04Z", "ms": 1471628523591.4636 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-19T19:42:04+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-19T17:42:04Z", "ms": 1471628523591.4636 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-08-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-20T20:47:40+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T18:47:40Z", "ms": 1471718860271.523 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-20T20:47:40+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T18:47:40Z", "ms": 1471718860271.523 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvitīyā runs from 09:30 on Fri 19 Aug to 07:15 on Sat 20 Aug.", "fact": "2016-08-19T07:30:22Z → 2016-08-20T05:15:15Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 19:42 on the 19th and 20:48 on the 20th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Dvitīyā must be current at moonrise. It is on the 19th and is not on the 20th.", "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 36701 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 19 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": "2016-08-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aśūnya Śayana Vrata 2016 falls on Friday 19 August. Dvitīyā runs from 09:30 on Fri 19 Aug to 07:15 on Sat 20 Aug and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/kajjali-tritiya", "festival": "kajjali-tritiya", "name": "Kajjalī Tṛtīyā", "everyday": "Kajari Teej", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-08-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 18633, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 17, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "2016-08-20T07:15:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T05:15:15Z", "ms": 1471670114723.0984 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-21T04:47:41+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-21T02:47:41Z", "ms": 1471747661094.5186 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-08-20T07:15:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T05:15:15Z", "ms": 1471670114723.0984 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-21T04:47:41+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-21T02:47:41Z", "ms": 1471747661094.5186 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-08-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-20T12:25:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T10:25:47Z", "ms": 1471688747305.645 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-20T13:13:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T11:13:47Z", "ms": 1471691627305.645 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-08-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-21T12:25:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-21T10:25:33Z", "ms": 1471775132520.5806 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-21T13:13:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-21T11:13:33Z", "ms": 1471778012520.5806 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 07:15 on Sat 20 Aug to 04:48 on Sun 21 Aug.", "fact": "2016-08-20T05:15:15Z → 2016-08-21T02:47:41Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:26–13:14 on the 20th, 12:26–13:14 on the 21st.", "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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.", "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 18633 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kajjalī Tṛtīyā, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 20 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": "2016-08-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kajjalī Tṛtīyā (Kajari Teej) 2016 falls on Saturday 20 August. 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It covers 0 of 132 minutes on the 20th and 133 of 133 on the 21st.", "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 28382 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bahulā Caturthī, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 21 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": "2016-08-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Bahulā Caturthī 2016 falls on Sunday 21 August. Caturthī runs from 04:48 on Sun 21 Aug to 02:14 on Mon 22 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2016-08-21", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-08-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 15611, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-08-21T04:47:41+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-21T02:47:41Z", "ms": 1471747661094.5186 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-22T02:13:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-22T00:13:50Z", "ms": 1471824830447.1174 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-08-21T04:47:41+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-21T02:47:41Z", "ms": 1471747661094.5186 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-22T02:13:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-22T00:13:50Z", "ms": 1471824830447.1174 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-08-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-20T20:47:40+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T18:47:40Z", "ms": 1471718860271.523 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-20T20:47:40+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-20T18:47:40Z", "ms": 1471718860271.523 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-08-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-21T21:53:40+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-21T19:53:40Z", "ms": 1471809219798.2498 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-21T21:53:40+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-21T19:53:40Z", "ms": 1471809219798.2498 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 04:48 on Sun 21 Aug to 02:14 on Mon 22 Aug.", "fact": "2016-08-21T02:47:41Z → 2016-08-22T00:13:50Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 20:48 on the 20th and 21:54 on the 21st.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. 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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. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 20074 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śītalā Saptamī, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 24 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": "2016-08-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śītalā Saptamī 2016 falls on Wednesday 24 August. Saptamī runs from 21:09 on Tue 23 Aug to 18:47 on Wed 24 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/shitala-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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-08-28", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Ajā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-08-28", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 16956, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-08-27T13:07:37+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-27T11:07:37Z", "ms": 1472296056622.898 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-28T11:52:14+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-28T09:52:14Z", "ms": 1472377934001.9304 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-08-27T13:07:37+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-27T11:07:37Z", "ms": 1472296056622.898 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-28T11:52:14+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-28T09:52:14Z", "ms": 1472377934001.9304 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-08-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-27T07:10:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-27T05:10:54Z", "ms": 1472274654219.6934 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-27T07:10:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-27T05:10:54Z", "ms": 1472274654219.6934 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-08-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-08-28T07:09:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-28T05:09:38Z", "ms": 1472360978026.0742 }, "end": { "local": "2016-08-28T07:09:38+02:00", "utc": "2016-08-28T05:09:38Z", "ms": 1472360978026.0742 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 13:08 on Sat 27 Aug to 11:52 on Sun 28 Aug.", "fact": "2016-08-27T11:07:37Z → 2016-08-28T09:52:14Z" }, { "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 not on the 27th and is 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 16956 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ajā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 28 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": "2016-08-28", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-28", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ajā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Sunday 28 August. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26782 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 29 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": "2016-08-29", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-29", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Monday 29 August. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 28439 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aghora Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 30 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "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": "2016-08-30", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-30", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aghora Caturdaśī 2016 falls on Tuesday 30 August. 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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": "2016-08-30", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-08-30", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2016 falls on Tuesday 30 August. 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Saptamī runs from 22:33 on Wed 7 Sep to 00:49 on Fri 9 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/radhashtami", "festival": "radhashtami", "name": "Rādhāṣṭamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-09-09", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 34687, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 7, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2016-09-09T00:49:07+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-08T22:49:07Z", "ms": 1473374947369.5977 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-10T02:41:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-10T00:41:16Z", "ms": 1473468075704.9717 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-09-09T00:49:07+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-08T22:49:07Z", "ms": 1473374947369.5977 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-10T02:41:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-10T00:41:16Z", "ms": 1473468075704.9717 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-09-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-09T12:19:44+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-09T10:19:44Z", "ms": 1473416384051.0547 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-09T13:07:44+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-09T11:07:44Z", "ms": 1473419264051.0547 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-09-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-10T12:19:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-10T10:19:23Z", "ms": 1473502763154.5605 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-10T13:07:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-10T11:07:23Z", "ms": 1473505643154.5605 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 00:49 on Fri 9 Sep to 02:41 on Sat 10 Sep.", "fact": "2016-09-08T22:49:07Z → 2016-09-10T00:41:16Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:20–13:08 on the 9th, 12:19–13:07 on the 10th.", "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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.", "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 34687 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rādhāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 9 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": "2016-09-09", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-09-09", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rādhāṣṭamī 2016 falls on Friday 9 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:49 on Fri 9 Sep to 02:41 on Sat 10 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-09-12", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Parivartanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-09-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8040, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-09-12T04:35:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-12T02:35:34Z", "ms": 1473647734319.049 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-13T04:26:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-13T02:26:47Z", "ms": 1473733606692.1682 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-09-12T04:35:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-12T02:35:34Z", "ms": 1473647734319.049 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-13T04:26:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-13T02:26:47Z", "ms": 1473733606692.1682 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-09-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-12T06:49:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-12T04:49:34Z", "ms": 1473655774018.1099 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-12T06:49:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-12T04:49:34Z", "ms": 1473655774018.1099 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-09-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-13T06:48:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-13T04:48:11Z", "ms": 1473742090849.3118 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-13T06:48:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-13T04:48:11Z", "ms": 1473742090849.3118 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 04:36 on Mon 12 Sep to 04:27 on Tue 13 Sep.", "fact": "2016-09-12T02:35:34Z → 2016-09-13T02:26:47Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:50 on the 12th and 06:48 on the 13th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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It covers 142 of 142 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 143 on the 16th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one morning qualifies. 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Caturdaśī runs from 01:57 on Thu 15 Sep to 23:46 on Thu 15 Sep and covers all of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise that morning.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2016-09-19", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-09-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 36999, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-09-19T11:36:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-19T09:36:50Z", "ms": 1474277810326.3638 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-20T08:27:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-20T06:27:39Z", "ms": 1474352859343.9258 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-09-19T11:36:50+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-19T09:36:50Z", "ms": 1474277810326.3638 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-20T08:27:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-20T06:27:39Z", "ms": 1474352859343.9258 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-09-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-19T21:53:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-19T19:53:29Z", "ms": 1474314809385.386 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-19T21:53:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-19T19:53:29Z", "ms": 1474314809385.386 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-09-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-20T23:00:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-20T21:00:54Z", "ms": 1474405253588.756 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-20T23:00:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-20T21:00:54Z", "ms": 1474405253588.756 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 11:37 on Mon 19 Sep to 08:28 on Tue 20 Sep.", "fact": "2016-09-19T09:36:50Z → 2016-09-20T06:27:39Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:53 on the 19th and 23:01 on the 20th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 19th and is not on the 20th.", "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 36999 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 19 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. 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Caturthī runs from 11:37 on Mon 19 Sep to 08:28 on Tue 20 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2016-09-19", "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/2016/chandra-shashthi", "festival": "chandra-shashthi", "name": "Candra Ṣaṣṭhī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-09-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 10283, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 20, "key": "shashthi", "name": "Ṣaṣṭhī", "start": { "local": "2016-09-21T05:32:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-21T03:32:15Z", "ms": 1474428734679.5137 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-22T02:57:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-22T00:57:31Z", "ms": 1474505851195.4624 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-09-21T05:32:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-21T03:32:15Z", "ms": 1474428734679.5137 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-22T02:57:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-22T00:57:31Z", "ms": 1474505851195.4624 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-09-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-20T23:00:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-20T21:00:54Z", "ms": 1474405253588.756 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-20T23:00:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-20T21:00:54Z", "ms": 1474405253588.756 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-09-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-22T00:06:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-21T22:06:09Z", "ms": 1474495568687.353 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-22T00:06:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-21T22:06:09Z", "ms": 1474495568687.353 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:32 on Wed 21 Sep to 02:58 on Thu 22 Sep.", "fact": "2016-09-21T03:32:15Z → 2016-09-22T00:57:31Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 23:01 on the 20th and 00:06 on the 21st.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 20th and is on the 21st.", "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 10283 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 21 September.", "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": "2016-09-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-09-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2016 falls on Wednesday 21 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:32 on Wed 21 Sep to 02:58 on Thu 22 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/mahalakshmi-vrata-samapana", "festival": "mahalakshmi-vrata-samapana", "name": "Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-09-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1126, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 22, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2016-09-23T00:49:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-22T22:49:05Z", "ms": 1474584545305.8005 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-23T23:10:59+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-23T21:10:59Z", "ms": 1474665058843.4854 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-09-23T00:49:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-22T22:49:05Z", "ms": 1474584545305.8005 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-23T23:10:59+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-23T21:10:59Z", "ms": 1474665058843.4854 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-09-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-23T01:07:51+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-22T23:07:51Z", "ms": 1474585671458.0925 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-23T01:07:51+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-22T23:07:51Z", "ms": 1474585671458.0925 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-09-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-24T02:04:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-24T00:04:52Z", "ms": 1474675492208.9646 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-24T02:04:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-24T00:04:52Z", "ms": 1474675492208.9646 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 00:49 on Fri 23 Sep to 23:11 on Fri 23 Sep.", "fact": "2016-09-22T22:49:05Z → 2016-09-23T21:10:59Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 01:08 on the 22nd and 02:05 on the 23rd.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1126 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 22 September.", "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": "2016-09-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-09-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana 2016 falls on Thursday 22 September. 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It covers 0 of 95 minutes on the 22nd and 95 of 95 on the 23rd.", "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 10383 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Jitāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 23 September.", "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": "2016-09-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-09-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2016 falls on Friday 23 September. 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It is on the 26th and is not on the 27th.", "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 32118 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Indirā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 26 September.", "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": "2016-09-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-09-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Indirā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Monday 26 September. Ekādaśī runs from 21:33 on Sun 25 Sep to 21:33 on Mon 26 Sep and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-09-26", "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/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-09-28", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-09-28", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 6255, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-09-27T22:03:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-27T20:03:54Z", "ms": 1475006633646.4592 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-28T23:02:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-28T21:02:19Z", "ms": 1475096538611.402 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-09-27T22:03:54+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-27T20:03:54Z", "ms": 1475006633646.4592 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-28T23:02:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-28T21:02:19Z", "ms": 1475096538611.402 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-09-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-27T18:46:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-27T16:46:10Z", "ms": 1474994770169.9895 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-27T20:19:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-27T18:19:39Z", "ms": 1475000378942.6472 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 93, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-09-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-28T18:46:53+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-28T16:46:53Z", "ms": 1475081213194.413 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-28T20:20:05+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-28T18:20:05Z", "ms": 1475086805190.6975 } }, "covered_min": 93, "window_min": 93, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 22:04 on Tue 27 Sep to 23:02 on Wed 28 Sep.", "fact": "2016-09-27T20:03:54Z → 2016-09-28T21:02:19Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:46–20:20 on the 27th, 18:47–20:20 on the 28th.", "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 93 minutes on the 27th and 93 of 93 on the 28th.", "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 6255 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 28 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": "2016-09-28", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-09-28", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Wednesday 28 September. Trayodaśī runs from 22:04 on Tue 27 Sep to 23:02 on Wed 28 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-09-28", "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/2016/shivaratri?on=2016-09-28", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-09-28", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 824, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-09-28T23:02:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-28T21:02:19Z", "ms": 1475096538611.402 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-30T00:25:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-29T22:25:47Z", "ms": 1475187947239.1138 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-09-28T23:02:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-28T21:02:19Z", "ms": 1475096538611.402 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-30T00:25:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-29T22:25:47Z", "ms": 1475187947239.1138 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-09-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-29T00:12:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-28T22:12:23Z", "ms": 1475100743180.4795 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-29T01:00:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-28T23:00:23Z", "ms": 1475103623180.4795 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-09-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-30T00:12:04+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-29T22:12:04Z", "ms": 1475187123552.5308 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-30T01:00:04+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-29T23:00:04Z", "ms": 1475190003552.5308 } }, "covered_min": 14, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 23:02 on Wed 28 Sep to 00:26 on Fri 30 Sep.", "fact": "2016-09-28T21:02:19Z → 2016-09-29T22:25:47Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:12–01:00 on the 28th, 00:12–01:00 on the 29th.", "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 28th and 14 of 48 on the 29th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both nights qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 824 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 28 September.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "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": "2016-09-28", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-09-28", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2016 falls on Wednesday 28 September. Caturdaśī runs from 23:02 on Wed 28 Sep to 00:26 on Fri 30 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 14 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/2016/shivaratri?on=2016-09-28", "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/2016/mahalaya-amavasya", "festival": "mahalaya-amavasya", "name": "Mahālaya Amāvāsyā", "everyday": "Sarvapitṛ Amāvāsyā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-09-30", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 29191, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 29, "key": "amavasya", "name": "Amāvasyā", "start": { "local": "2016-09-30T00:25:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-29T22:25:47Z", "ms": 1475187947239.1138 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-01T02:11:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-01T00:11:23Z", "ms": 1475280682524.8289 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-09-30T00:25:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-29T22:25:47Z", "ms": 1475187947239.1138 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-01T02:11:23+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-01T00:11:23Z", "ms": 1475280682524.8289 } }, "kaala": "aparahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-09-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-29T13:50:55+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-29T11:50:55Z", "ms": 1475149855150.2993 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-29T16:19:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-29T14:19:16Z", "ms": 1475158755811.5503 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 148, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-09-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-09-30T13:50:48+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-30T11:50:48Z", "ms": 1475236248260.6995 }, "end": { "local": "2016-09-30T16:19:34+02:00", "utc": "2016-09-30T14:19:34Z", "ms": 1475245174136.846 } }, "covered_min": 149, "window_min": 149, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Amāvasyā runs from 00:26 on Fri 30 Sep to 02:11 on Sat 1 Oct.", "fact": "2016-09-29T22:25:47Z → 2016-10-01T00:11:23Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Aparāhṇa is 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas: 13:51–16:19 on the 29th, 13:51–16:20 on the 30th.", "fact": "aparahna: day-muhurta-10-12 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Amāvasyā must be present during aparāhṇa. It covers 0 of 148 minutes on the 29th and 149 of 149 on the 30th.", "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 29191 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahālaya Amāvāsyā, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 30 September.", "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": "2016-09-30", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-09-30", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahālaya Amāvāsyā 2016 falls on Friday 30 September. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 28557 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Navarātrārambha, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 1 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": "2016-10-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Navarātrārambha (Navratri) 2016 falls on Saturday 1 October. Pratipadā runs from 02:11 on Sat 1 Oct to 04:16 on Sun 2 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2016-10-04", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-10-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2084, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-10-04T09:04:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-04T07:04:17Z", "ms": 1475564656865.609 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-05T11:36:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-05T09:36:09Z", "ms": 1475660168738.8538 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-04T09:04:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-04T07:04:17Z", "ms": 1475564656865.609 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-05T11:36:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-05T09:36:09Z", "ms": 1475660168738.8538 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-04T12:11:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-04T10:11:10Z", "ms": 1475575870304.5132 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-04T12:59:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-04T10:59:10Z", "ms": 1475578750304.5132 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-10-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-05T12:10:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-05T10:10:52Z", "ms": 1475662252377.7083 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-05T12:58:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-05T10:58:52Z", "ms": 1475665132377.7083 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 09:04 on Tue 4 Oct to 11:36 on Wed 5 Oct.", "fact": "2016-10-04T07:04:17Z → 2016-10-05T09:36:09Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:11–12:59 on the 4th, 12:11–12:59 on the 5th.", "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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 32769 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Durgā Saptamī, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 8 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": "2016-10-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Durgā Saptamī 2016 falls on Saturday 8 October. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 17800 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 9 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": "2016-10-09", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-09", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2016 falls on Sunday 9 October. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 21804 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahānavamī, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 10 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": "2016-10-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahānavamī 2016 falls on Monday 10 October. 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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": "2016-10-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2016 falls on Tuesday 11 October. Daśamī runs from 19:24 on Mon 10 Oct to 18:58 on Tue 11 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 620 minutes.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-10-12", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-10-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 40210, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-10-11T18:58:21+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-11T16:58:21Z", "ms": 1476205101023.6462 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-12T17:44:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-12T15:44:31Z", "ms": 1476287071159.6204 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-11T18:58:21+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-11T16:58:21Z", "ms": 1476205101023.6462 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-12T17:44:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-12T15:44:31Z", "ms": 1476287071159.6204 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-12T06:08:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-12T04:08:31Z", "ms": 1476245310698.3516 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-12T06:08:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-12T04:08:31Z", "ms": 1476245310698.3516 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-10-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-13T06:07:14+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-13T04:07:14Z", "ms": 1476331634114.5881 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-13T06:07:14+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-13T04:07:14Z", "ms": 1476331634114.5881 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 18:58 on Tue 11 Oct to 17:45 on Wed 12 Oct.", "fact": "2016-10-11T16:58:21Z → 2016-10-12T15:44:31Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:09 on the 12th and 06:07 on the 13th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 12th and is not 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 40210 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 12 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": "2016-10-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Wednesday 12 October. Ekādaśī runs from 18:58 on Tue 11 Oct to 17:45 on Wed 12 Oct and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-10-12", "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/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-10-13", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-10-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 11580, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-10-13T15:45:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-13T13:45:13Z", "ms": 1476366312858.4946 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-14T13:06:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-14T11:06:17Z", "ms": 1476443177046.256 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-13T15:45:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-13T13:45:13Z", "ms": 1476366312858.4946 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-14T13:06:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-14T11:06:17Z", "ms": 1476443177046.256 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-13T18:58:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-13T16:58:13Z", "ms": 1476377893182.301 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-13T20:27:15+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-13T18:27:15Z", "ms": 1476383235184.644 } }, "covered_min": 89, "window_min": 89, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-10-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-14T18:59:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-14T16:59:01Z", "ms": 1476464341153.574 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-14T20:27:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-14T18:27:47Z", "ms": 1476469666731.4878 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 89, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 15:45 on Thu 13 Oct to 13:06 on Fri 14 Oct.", "fact": "2016-10-13T13:45:13Z → 2016-10-14T11:06:17Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:58–20:27 on the 13th, 18:59–20:28 on the 14th.", "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 11580 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 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": "2016-10-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Thursday 13 October. 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It is not on the 21st and is on the 22nd.", "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 26165 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 22 October.", "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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Aṣṭamī runs from 09:40 on Sat 22 Oct to 08:58 on Sun 23 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/ahoyi-ashtami", "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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-10-26", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Ramā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-10-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 13810, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-10-25T09:43:07+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-25T07:43:07Z", "ms": 1477381386782.6416 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-26T11:00:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-26T09:00:31Z", "ms": 1477472430745.5442 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-25T09:43:07+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-25T07:43:07Z", "ms": 1477381386782.6416 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-26T11:00:31+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-26T09:00:31Z", "ms": 1477472430745.5442 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-25T05:52:57+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-25T03:52:57Z", "ms": 1477367577082.7068 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-25T05:52:57+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-25T03:52:57Z", "ms": 1477367577082.7068 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-10-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-26T05:51:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-26T03:51:52Z", "ms": 1477453911841.8489 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-26T05:51:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-26T03:51:52Z", "ms": 1477453911841.8489 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 09:43 on Tue 25 Oct to 11:01 on Wed 26 Oct.", "fact": "2016-10-25T07:43:07Z → 2016-10-26T09:00:31Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:53 on the 25th and 05:52 on the 26th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 25th and is on the 26th.", "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 13810 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ramā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Wednesday 26 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": "2016-10-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ramā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Wednesday 26 October. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 15598 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Yama Dīpadāna, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 27 October.", "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": "2016-10-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Yama Dīpadāna 2016 falls on Thursday 27 October. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 15598 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Thursday 27 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": "2016-10-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Thursday 27 October. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.", "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 24927 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2016: Friday 28 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": "2016-10-28", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-28", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2016 falls on Friday 28 October. Caturdaśī runs from 14:51 on Fri 28 Oct to 17:10 on Sat 29 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/shivaratri?on=2016-10-28", "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/2016/naraka-chaturdashi", "festival": "naraka-chaturdashi", "name": "Naraka Caturdaśī", "everyday": "Choti Diwali", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-10-29", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 32473, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-10-28T14:50:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-28T12:50:58Z", "ms": 1477659057641.87 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-29T17:10:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T15:10:19Z", "ms": 1477753818901.6858 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-28T14:50:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-28T12:50:58Z", "ms": 1477659057641.87 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-29T17:10:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T15:10:19Z", "ms": 1477753818901.6858 } }, "kaala": "arunodaya", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-28T04:24:27+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-28T02:24:27Z", "ms": 1477621466933.6338 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-28T05:49:45+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-28T03:49:45Z", "ms": 1477626584679.418 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 85, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-10-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-29T04:23:40+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T02:23:40Z", "ms": 1477707820472.6973 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-29T05:48:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T03:48:43Z", "ms": 1477712922816.0823 } }, "covered_min": 85, "window_min": 85, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 14:51 on Fri 28 Oct to 17:10 on Sat 29 Oct.", "fact": "2016-10-28T12:50:58Z → 2016-10-29T15:10:19Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:24–05:50 on the 28th, 04:24–05:49 on the 29th.", "fact": "arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 85 minutes on the 28th and 85 of 85 on the 29th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 32473 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Naraka Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 29 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "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": "2016-10-29", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-29", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2016 falls on Saturday 29 October. Caturdaśī runs from 14:51 on Fri 28 Oct to 17:10 on Sat 29 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/diwali-lakshmi-puja", "festival": "diwali-lakshmi-puja", "name": "Lakṣmī Pūjā", "everyday": "Diwali", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-10-29", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 1527, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 29, "key": "amavasya", "name": "Amāvasyā", "start": { "local": "2016-10-29T17:10:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T15:10:19Z", "ms": 1477753818901.6858 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-30T19:38:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z", "ms": 1477849090488.9995 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-29T17:10:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T15:10:19Z", "ms": 1477753818901.6858 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-30T19:38:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z", "ms": 1477849090488.9995 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-29T19:11:49+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T17:11:49Z", "ms": 1477761109268.4336 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-29T20:36:36+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T18:36:36Z", "ms": 1477766196317.4934 } }, "covered_min": 85, "window_min": 85, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-10-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-30T19:12:44+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T17:12:44Z", "ms": 1477847563656.134 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-30T20:37:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T18:37:16Z", "ms": 1477852635524.4998 } }, "covered_min": 25, "window_min": 85, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Amāvasyā runs from 17:10 on Sat 29 Oct to 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct.", "fact": "2016-10-29T15:10:19Z → 2016-10-30T17:38:10Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:12–20:37 on the 29th, 19:13–20:37 on the 30th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Amāvasyā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 85 of 85 minutes on the 29th and 25 of 85 on the 30th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "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 1527 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Lakṣmī Pūjā, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 29 October.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "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": "2016-10-29", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-29", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali) 2016 falls on Saturday 29 October. Amāvasyā runs from 17:10 on Sat 29 Oct to 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 25 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/2016/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/2016/kali-puja", "festival": "kali-puja", "name": "Kālī Pūjā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-10-29", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 16053, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 29, "key": "amavasya", "name": "Amāvasyā", "start": { "local": "2016-10-29T17:10:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T15:10:19Z", "ms": 1477753818901.6858 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-30T19:38:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z", "ms": 1477849090488.9995 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-29T17:10:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T15:10:19Z", "ms": 1477753818901.6858 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-30T19:38:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z", "ms": 1477849090488.9995 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-30T00:05:46+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T22:05:46Z", "ms": 1477778745702.4077 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-30T00:53:46+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-29T22:53:46Z", "ms": 1477781625702.4077 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-10-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-31T00:05:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T22:05:43Z", "ms": 1477865143162.5054 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-31T00:53:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T22:53:43Z", "ms": 1477868023162.5054 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Amāvasyā runs from 17:10 on Sat 29 Oct to 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct.", "fact": "2016-10-29T15:10:19Z → 2016-10-30T17:38:10Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:06–00:54 on the 29th, 00:06–00:54 on the 30th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.", "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: unstated → only-day · margin 16053 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kālī Pūjā, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 29 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "kali-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": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-29", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-29", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kālī Pūjā 2016 falls on Saturday 29 October. Amāvasyā runs from 17:10 on Sat 29 Oct to 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/kali-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/2016/govardhana-puja", "festival": "govardhana-puja", "name": "Govardhana Pūjā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-10-31", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 24238, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 0, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2016-10-30T19:38:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z", "ms": 1477849090488.9995 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-31T22:09:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T20:09:58Z", "ms": 1477944597516.3037 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-30T19:38:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z", "ms": 1477849090488.9995 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-31T22:09:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T20:09:58Z", "ms": 1477944597516.3037 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-30T12:06:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T10:06:13Z", "ms": 1477821972896.2578 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-30T12:54:13+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T10:54:13Z", "ms": 1477824852896.2578 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-10-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-31T12:06:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T10:06:11Z", "ms": 1477908370529.099 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-31T12:54:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T10:54:11Z", "ms": 1477911250529.099 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct to 22:10 on Mon 31 Oct.", "fact": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z → 2016-10-31T20:09:58Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 30th, 12:06–12:54 on the 31st.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.", "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 24238 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Govardhana Pūjā, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 31 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "govardhana-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": "S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-31", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Govardhana Pūjā 2016 falls on Monday 31 October. 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The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1527 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bali Pūjā, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 31 October.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "bali-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": "S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna)." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-31", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-31", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Bali Pūjā 2016 falls on Monday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct to 22:10 on Mon 31 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 59 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/2016/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/2016/dyuta-pratipad", "festival": "dyuta-pratipad", "name": "Dyūta Pratipad", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-10-31", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 27347, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 0, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2016-10-30T19:38:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z", "ms": 1477849090488.9995 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-31T22:09:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T20:09:58Z", "ms": 1477944597516.3037 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-30T19:38:10+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z", "ms": 1477849090488.9995 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-31T22:09:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T20:09:58Z", "ms": 1477944597516.3037 } }, "kaala": "purvahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-31T05:46:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T03:46:43Z", "ms": 1477885602668.8765 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-31T10:15:41+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T08:15:41Z", "ms": 1477901741242.3582 } }, "covered_min": 269, "window_min": 269, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-11-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-01T05:45:44+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-01T03:45:44Z", "ms": 1477971944442.0305 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-01T10:15:21+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-01T08:15:21Z", "ms": 1477988120778.7795 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 270, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct to 22:10 on Mon 31 Oct.", "fact": "2016-10-30T17:38:10Z → 2016-10-31T20:09:58Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:47–10:16 on the 31st, 05:46–10:15 on the 1st.", "fact": "purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 269 of 269 minutes on the 31st and 0 of 270 on the 1st.", "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 27347 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Dyūta Pratipad, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 31 October.", "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": "2016-10-31", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-10-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Dyūta Pratipad 2016 falls on Monday 31 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct to 22:10 on Mon 31 Oct and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/yama-dvitiya", "festival": "yama-dvitiya", "name": "Yama Dvitīyā", "everyday": "Bhai Dooj", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-11-01", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33347, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 1, "key": "dvitiya", "name": "Dvitīyā", "start": { "local": "2016-10-31T22:09:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T20:09:58Z", "ms": 1477944597516.3037 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-02T00:41:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-01T22:41:18Z", "ms": 1478040078332.5015 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-10-31T22:09:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T20:09:58Z", "ms": 1477944597516.3037 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-02T00:41:18+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-01T22:41:18Z", "ms": 1478040078332.5015 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-10-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-10-31T12:06:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T10:06:11Z", "ms": 1477908370529.099 }, "end": { "local": "2016-10-31T12:54:11+02:00", "utc": "2016-10-31T10:54:11Z", "ms": 1477911250529.099 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-11-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-01T12:06:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-01T10:06:09Z", "ms": 1477994768947.154 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-01T12:54:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-01T10:54:09Z", "ms": 1477997648947.154 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvitīyā runs from 22:10 on Mon 31 Oct to 00:41 on Wed 2 Nov.", "fact": "2016-10-31T20:09:58Z → 2016-11-01T22:41:18Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 31st, 12:06–12:54 on the 1st.", "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 22:10 on Mon 31 Oct to 00:41 on Wed 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/naga-chaturthi", "festival": "naga-chaturthi", "name": "Nāga Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-11-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 24253, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-11-03T03:07:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-03T01:07:19Z", "ms": 1478135238791.3384 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-04T05:21:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-04T03:21:56Z", "ms": 1478229715726.7212 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-11-03T03:07:19+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-03T01:07:19Z", "ms": 1478135238791.3384 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-04T05:21:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-04T03:21:56Z", "ms": 1478229715726.7212 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-11-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-03T12:06:08+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-03T10:06:08Z", "ms": 1478167568160.9717 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-03T12:54:08+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-03T10:54:08Z", "ms": 1478170448160.9717 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-11-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-04T12:06:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-04T10:06:09Z", "ms": 1478253968966.2202 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-04T12:54:09+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-04T10:54:09Z", "ms": 1478256848966.2202 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 03:07 on Thu 3 Nov to 05:22 on Fri 4 Nov.", "fact": "2016-11-03T01:07:19Z → 2016-11-04T03:21:56Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 3rd, 12:06–12:54 on the 4th.", "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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Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:18 on Sat 5 Nov to 08:47 on Sun 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/gopashtami", "festival": "gopashtami", "name": "Gopāṣṭamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-11-07", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8118, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 7, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2016-11-07T09:39:55+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-07T07:39:55Z", "ms": 1478504395233.0244 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-08T09:51:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-08T07:51:02Z", "ms": 1478591462294.8792 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-11-07T09:39:55+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-07T07:39:55Z", "ms": 1478504395233.0244 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-08T09:51:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-08T07:51:02Z", "ms": 1478591462294.8792 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-11-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-07T12:06:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-07T10:06:16Z", "ms": 1478513176221.4922 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-07T12:54:16+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-07T10:54:16Z", "ms": 1478516056221.4922 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-11-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-08T12:06:20+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-08T10:06:20Z", "ms": 1478599580263.473 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-08T12:54:20+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-08T10:54:20Z", "ms": 1478602460263.473 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 09:40 on Mon 7 Nov to 09:51 on Tue 8 Nov.", "fact": "2016-11-07T07:39:55Z → 2016-11-08T07:51:02Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 7th, 12:06–12:54 on the 8th.", "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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.", "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 8118 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Gopāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 7 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": "2016-11-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-11-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Gopāṣṭamī 2016 falls on Monday 7 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:40 on Mon 7 Nov to 09:51 on Tue 8 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/durga-navami", "festival": "durga-navami", "name": "Durgā Navamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-11-08", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8118, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 8, "key": "navami", "name": "Navamī", "start": { "local": "2016-11-08T09:51:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-08T07:51:02Z", "ms": 1478591462294.8792 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-09T09:15:27+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-09T07:15:27Z", "ms": 1478675726519.6694 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-11-08T09:51:02+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-08T07:51:02Z", "ms": 1478591462294.8792 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-09T09:15:27+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-09T07:15:27Z", "ms": 1478675726519.6694 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-11-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-08T12:06:20+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-08T10:06:20Z", "ms": 1478599580263.473 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-08T12:54:20+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-08T10:54:20Z", "ms": 1478602460263.473 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-11-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-09T12:06:25+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-09T10:06:25Z", "ms": 1478685985121.8005 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-09T12:54:25+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-09T10:54:25Z", "ms": 1478688865121.8005 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Navamī runs from 09:51 on Tue 8 Nov to 09:15 on Wed 9 Nov.", "fact": "2016-11-08T07:51:02Z → 2016-11-09T07:15:27Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 8th, 12:06–12:54 on the 9th.", "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 8118 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Durgā Navamī, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 8 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": "2016-11-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-11-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Durgā Navamī 2016 falls on Tuesday 8 November. 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Navamī runs from 09:51 on Tue 8 Nov to 09:15 on Wed 9 Nov and covers 217 of 274 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 22 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/2016/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/2016/ekadashi?on=2016-11-11", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Prabodhinī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-11-11", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 336, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-11-10T07:51:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-10T05:51:58Z", "ms": 1478757117793.235 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-11T05:42:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-11T03:42:52Z", "ms": 1478835772228.9255 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-11-10T07:51:58+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-10T05:51:58Z", "ms": 1478757117793.235 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-11T05:42:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-11T03:42:52Z", "ms": 1478835772228.9255 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-11-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-10T05:38:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-10T03:38:01Z", "ms": 1478749080919.802 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-10T05:38:01+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-10T03:38:01Z", "ms": 1478749080919.802 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-11-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-11T05:37:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-11T03:37:17Z", "ms": 1478835436667.4143 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-11T05:37:17+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-11T03:37:17Z", "ms": 1478835436667.4143 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 07:52 on Thu 10 Nov to 05:43 on Fri 11 Nov.", "fact": "2016-11-10T05:51:58Z → 2016-11-11T03:42:52Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:38 on the 10th and 05:37 on the 11th.", "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": "2016-11-11", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-11-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Prabodhinī Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Friday 11 November. 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It covers 0 of 82 minutes on the 11th and 81 of 81 on the 12th.", "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 9933 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 12 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": "2016-11-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-11-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Saturday 12 November. Trayodaśī runs from 02:54 on Sat 12 Nov to 23:32 on Sat 12 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-11-12", "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/2016/rasayatra", "festival": "rasayatra", "name": "Rāsayātrā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-11-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 15526, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-11-13T19:47:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-13T17:47:47Z", "ms": 1479059266608.2646 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-14T15:52:03+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-14T13:52:03Z", "ms": 1479131523295.2063 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-11-13T19:47:47+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-13T17:47:47Z", "ms": 1479059266608.2646 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-14T15:52:03+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-14T13:52:03Z", "ms": 1479131523295.2063 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-11-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-14T00:06:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-13T22:06:33Z", "ms": 1479074793032.4487 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-14T00:54:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-13T22:54:33Z", "ms": 1479077673032.4487 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-11-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-15T00:06:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-14T22:06:43Z", "ms": 1479161202842.6802 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-15T00:54:43+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-14T22:54:43Z", "ms": 1479164082842.6802 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 19:48 on Sun 13 Nov to 15:52 on Mon 14 Nov.", "fact": "2016-11-13T17:47:47Z → 2016-11-14T13:52:03Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:07–00:55 on the 13th, 00:07–00:55 on the 14th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during niśītha. 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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": "2016-11-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-11-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rāsayātrā 2016 falls on Sunday 13 November. 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It covers 0 of 79 minutes on the 25th and 79 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 35103 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Saturday 26 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": "2016-11-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-11-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Saturday 26 November. Trayodaśī runs from 06:41 on Sat 26 Nov to 09:17 on Sun 27 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-11-26", "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/2016/shivaratri?on=2016-11-27", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-11-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 29952, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2016-11-27T09:16:57+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-27T07:16:57Z", "ms": 1480231017406.9507 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-28T11:50:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-28T09:50:56Z", "ms": 1480326656254.564 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-11-27T09:16:57+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-27T07:16:57Z", "ms": 1480231017406.9507 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-28T11:50:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-28T09:50:56Z", "ms": 1480326656254.564 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-11-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-27T00:09:46+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-26T22:09:46Z", "ms": 1480198185809.9287 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-27T00:57:46+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-26T22:57:46Z", "ms": 1480201065809.9287 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-11-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-11-28T00:10:06+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-27T22:10:06Z", "ms": 1480284606195.81 }, "end": { "local": "2016-11-28T00:58:06+02:00", "utc": "2016-11-27T22:58:06Z", "ms": 1480287486195.81 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 09:17 on Sun 27 Nov to 11:51 on Mon 28 Nov.", "fact": "2016-11-27T07:16:57Z → 2016-11-28T09:50:56Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:10–00:58 on the 26th, 00:10–00:58 on the 27th.", "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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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 32047 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa), Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 4 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": "2016-12-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-12-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa) 2016 falls on Sunday 4 December. 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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": "2016-12-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-12-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2016 falls on Monday 5 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:56 on Sun 4 Dec to 23:27 on Mon 5 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/skanda-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/2016/mitra-saptami", "festival": "mitra-saptami", "name": "Mitra Saptamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-12-06", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 37159, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 6, "key": "saptami", "name": "Saptamī", "start": { "local": "2016-12-05T23:26:53+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-05T21:26:53Z", "ms": 1480973212922.1443 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-06T23:20:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-06T21:20:56Z", "ms": 1481059256493.4836 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-12-05T23:26:53+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-05T21:26:53Z", "ms": 1480973212922.1443 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-06T23:20:56+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-06T21:20:56Z", "ms": 1481059256493.4836 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-12-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-12-05T12:13:12+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-05T10:13:12Z", "ms": 1480932792421.5098 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-05T13:01:12+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-05T11:01:12Z", "ms": 1480935672421.5098 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-12-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-12-06T12:13:37+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-06T10:13:37Z", "ms": 1481019217379.7476 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-06T13:01:37+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-06T11:01:37Z", "ms": 1481022097379.7476 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Saptamī runs from 23:27 on Mon 5 Dec to 23:21 on Tue 6 Dec.", "fact": "2016-12-05T21:26:53Z → 2016-12-06T21:20:56Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:13–13:01 on the 5th, 12:14–13:02 on the 6th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.", "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 37159 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mitra Saptamī, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 6 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": "2016-12-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-12-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mitra Saptamī 2016 falls on Tuesday 6 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": "2016-12-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-12-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mokṣadā Ekādaśī 2016 falls on Saturday 10 December. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 119 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 11 December.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "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": "2016-12-11", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-12-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2016 falls on Sunday 11 December. Dvādaśī runs from 16:15 on Sat 10 Dec to 13:02 on Sun 11 Dec and covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. 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It covers 77 of 77 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 77 on the 12th.", "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 24535 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Sunday 11 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": "2016-12-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-12-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Sunday 11 December. Trayodaśī runs from 13:02 on Sun 11 Dec to 09:29 on Mon 12 Dec and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/pradosha-vrata?on=2016-12-11", "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/2016/dattatreyotpatti", "festival": "dattatreyotpatti", "name": "Dattātreyotpatti", "everyday": "Datta Jayanti", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-12-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 17785, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2016-12-13T05:46:30+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-13T03:46:30Z", "ms": 1481600789531.4187 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-14T02:05:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-14T00:05:33Z", "ms": 1481673933217.584 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-12-13T05:46:30+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-13T03:46:30Z", "ms": 1481600789531.4187 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-14T02:05:33+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-14T00:05:33Z", "ms": 1481673933217.584 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-12-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-12-12T19:51:27+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-12T17:51:27Z", "ms": 1481565086770.8215 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-12T21:08:30+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-12T19:08:30Z", "ms": 1481569709876.7021 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 77, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2016-12-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-12-13T19:52:08+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-13T17:52:08Z", "ms": 1481651528019.503 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-13T21:09:08+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-13T19:09:08Z", "ms": 1481656147774.4956 } }, "covered_min": 77, "window_min": 77, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 05:46 on Tue 13 Dec to 02:06 on Wed 14 Dec.", "fact": "2016-12-13T03:46:30Z → 2016-12-14T00:05:33Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:51–21:08 on the 12th, 19:52–21:09 on the 13th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 77 minutes on the 12th and 77 of 77 on the 13th.", "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 17785 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Dattātreyotpatti, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 13 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": "2016-12-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-12-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Dattātreyotpatti (Datta Jayanti) 2016 falls on Tuesday 13 December. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:46 on Tue 13 Dec to 02:06 on Wed 14 Dec and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/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/2016/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2016-12-16", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2016, "local_date": "2016-12-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 18527, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2016-12-16T17:05:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-16T15:05:52Z", "ms": 1481900751873.2913 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-17T15:21:14+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-17T13:21:14Z", "ms": 1481980873657.6538 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2016-12-16T17:05:52+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-16T15:05:52Z", "ms": 1481900751873.2913 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-17T15:21:14+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-17T13:21:14Z", "ms": 1481980873657.6538 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2016-12-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-12-16T22:14:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-16T20:14:39Z", "ms": 1481919278509.441 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-16T22:14:39+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-16T20:14:39Z", "ms": 1481919278509.441 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2016-12-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2016-12-17T23:00:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-17T21:00:29Z", "ms": 1482008429303.4988 }, "end": { "local": "2016-12-17T23:00:29+02:00", "utc": "2016-12-17T21:00:29Z", "ms": 1482008429303.4988 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 17:06 on Fri 16 Dec to 15:21 on Sat 17 Dec.", "fact": "2016-12-16T15:05:52Z → 2016-12-17T13:21:14Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 22:15 on the 16th and 23:00 on the 17th.", "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: unstated → only-day · margin 19294 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2016: Monday 26 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": "2016-12-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-12-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2016 falls on Monday 26 December. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.", "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 13738 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2016: Tuesday 27 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": "2016-12-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2016-12-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2016 falls on Tuesday 27 December. Caturdaśī runs from 05:00 on Tue 27 Dec to 07:07 on Wed 28 Dec and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2016/shivaratri?on=2016-12-27", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } } ], "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }