{ "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020", "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": 2020, "tradition": "smarta", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "rulings": [ { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-01-06", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Putradā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-06", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 18657, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-01-05T23:37:16+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-05T21:37:16Z", "ms": 1578260236274.3618 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-07T00:32:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-06T22:32:29Z", "ms": 1578349949050.4893 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-01-05T23:37:16+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-05T21:37:16Z", "ms": 1578260236274.3618 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-07T00:32:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-06T22:32:29Z", "ms": 1578349949050.4893 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-06T05:42:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-06T03:42:36Z", "ms": 1578282155941.3384 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-06T05:42:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-06T03:42:36Z", "ms": 1578282155941.3384 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-01-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-07T05:43:26+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-07T03:43:26Z", "ms": 1578368606181.4294 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-07T05:43:26+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-07T03:43:26Z", "ms": 1578368606181.4294 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 23:37 on Sun 5 Jan to 00:32 on Tue 7 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-05T21:37:16Z → 2020-01-06T22:32:29Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:43 on the 6th and 05:43 on the 7th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 6th and is not on the 7th.", "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 18657 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Putradā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 6 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": "2020-01-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Putradā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Monday 6 January. Ekādaśī runs from 23:37 on Sun 5 Jan to 00:32 on Tue 7 Jan and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-01-06", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-01-08", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-08", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 10532, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-01-08T00:44:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-07T22:44:48Z", "ms": 1578437087719.706 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-09T00:14:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-08T22:14:25Z", "ms": 1578521665099.7166 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 9, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Pauṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-01-08T00:44:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-07T22:44:48Z", "ms": 1578437087719.706 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-09T00:14:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-08T22:14:25Z", "ms": 1578521665099.7166 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-07T20:01:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-07T18:01:00Z", "ms": 1578420059855.0728 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-07T21:18:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-07T19:18:46Z", "ms": 1578424726187.512 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 78, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-01-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-08T20:00:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-08T18:00:59Z", "ms": 1578506459338.551 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-08T21:18:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-08T19:18:53Z", "ms": 1578511132679.4744 } }, "covered_min": 78, "window_min": 78, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 00:45 on Wed 8 Jan to 00:14 on Thu 9 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-07T22:44:48Z → 2020-01-08T22:14:25Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 20:01–21:19 on the 7th, 20:01–21:19 on the 8th.", "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 7th and 78 of 78 on the 8th.", "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 10532 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 8 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": "2020-01-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Wednesday 8 January. Trayodaśī runs from 00:45 on Wed 8 Jan to 00:14 on Thu 9 Jan and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-01-08", "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/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-01-13", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 30208, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-01-13T14:02:35+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-13T12:02:35Z", "ms": 1578916955234.8906 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T11:19:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T09:19:39Z", "ms": 1578993579219.024 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-01-13T14:02:35+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-13T12:02:35Z", "ms": 1578916955234.8906 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T11:19:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T09:19:39Z", "ms": 1578993579219.024 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-13T22:26:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-13T20:26:03Z", "ms": 1578947163336.5266 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-13T22:26:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-13T20:26:03Z", "ms": 1578947163336.5266 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-01-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T23:04:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T21:04:29Z", "ms": 1579035868644.2153 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T23:04:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T21:04:29Z", "ms": 1579035868644.2153 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 14:03 on Mon 13 Jan to 11:20 on Tue 14 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-13T12:02:35Z → 2020-01-14T09:19:39Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 22:26 on the 13th and 23:04 on the 14th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 13th and is not on the 14th.", "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 30208 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 13 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2020 falls on Monday 13 January. Caturthī runs from 14:03 on Mon 13 Jan to 11:20 on Tue 14 Jan and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-01-13", "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/2020/bhogi", "festival": "bhogi", "name": "Bhogi", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-14", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 9469, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 9, "key": "makara", "name": "Makara", "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-13T11:33:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-13T09:33:32Z", "ms": 1581586412165.7053 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 } }, "kaala": "sunset-day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-13T20:00:28+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-13T18:00:28Z", "ms": 1578938428340.439 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T20:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T18:00:17Z", "ms": 1579024816506.9397 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-01-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T20:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T18:00:17Z", "ms": 1579024816506.9397 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-15T20:00:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-15T18:00:03Z", "ms": 1579111202817.3323 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": true } ], "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "name": "Pongal", "local_date": "2020-01-15", "days": -1 }, "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Makara at 22:38 on Tue 14 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z · 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 9469 s" }, { "step": "counted", "text": "Bhogi is kept the day before Pongal: Wednesday 15 January is the day taken above.", "fact": "follows: pongal − 1 d" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bhogi, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 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": "2020-01-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "2020-01-13", "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": "2020-01-13", "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 2020 falls on Tuesday 14 January. It is kept the day before Pongal, which falls on Wednesday 15 January. The Sun enters Makara at 22:38 on Tue 14 Jan. The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th. Counted from midnight, or counted from sunrise, as in Orissa, it is 13 January.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/bhogi", "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/2020/makara-sankranti", "festival": "makara-sankranti", "name": "Makara Saṅkrānti", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-14", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 4915, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 9, "key": "makara", "name": "Makara", "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-13T11:33:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-13T09:33:32Z", "ms": 1581586412165.7053 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 } }, "kaala": "civil-day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T00:00:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-13T22:00:00Z", "ms": 1578952800000 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-15T00:00:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T22:00:00Z", "ms": 1579039200000 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-01-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-15T00:00:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T22:00:00Z", "ms": 1579039200000 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-16T00:00:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-15T22:00:00Z", "ms": 1579125600000 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Makara at 22:38 on Tue 14 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day is counted from midnight to midnight, on the clock of Cape Town.", "fact": "civil-day: midnight-to-midnight · Africa/Johannesburg" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "The festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from midnight. The transit falls on the 14th, not the 15th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "An instant falls in one day and no other. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "day counted from midnight → only-day · margin 4915 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Makara Saṅkrānti, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 14 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "solar", "id": "makara-sankranti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Makaradi — Makaradi snana, Magh Bihu (Assam), Tila samkranti, Pongal (S. India), Bhogi (S. India — on the day before Pongal), Mattu Pongal (S. India — on the day after Pongal)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). 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The Sun enters Makara at 22:38 on Tue 14 Jan, and the rule counts the day from midnight. By the Tamil rule for the first day of a solar month, which gives a transit after sunset to the next day, it is 15 January.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/makara-sankranti", "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/2020/pongal", "festival": "pongal", "name": "Pongal", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 9469, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 9, "key": "makara", "name": "Makara", "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-13T11:33:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-13T09:33:32Z", "ms": 1581586412165.7053 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 } }, "kaala": "sunset-day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-13T20:00:28+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-13T18:00:28Z", "ms": 1578938428340.439 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T20:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T18:00:17Z", "ms": 1579024816506.9397 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-01-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T20:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T18:00:17Z", "ms": 1579024816506.9397 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-15T20:00:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-15T18:00:03Z", "ms": 1579111202817.3323 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Makara at 22:38 on Tue 14 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z · 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 9469 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Pongal, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 15 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "solar", "id": "pongal", "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." } ], "not_evaluated": "The rule that heads the solar festivals, the day \"taken to begin from midnight\" (p. 106), is not applied to Pongal. It is kept on the first day of the month of Makara as the Tamil districts count it, a transit after sunset going to the next day (p. 244); the Rashtriya Panchang prints Pongal so.", "rashi": "Makara", "day_from": "sunset" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "2020-01-14", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). 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": "2020-01-14", "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, Pongal 2020 falls on Wednesday 15 January. The Sun enters Makara at 22:38 on Tue 14 Jan. The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th. Counted from midnight, or counted from sunrise, as in Orissa, it is 14 January.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pongal", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/mattu-pongal", "festival": "mattu-pongal", "name": "Mattu Pongal", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 9469, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 9, "key": "makara", "name": "Makara", "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-13T11:33:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-13T09:33:32Z", "ms": 1581586412165.7053 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T22:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z", "ms": 1579034285110.4868 } }, "kaala": "sunset-day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-13T20:00:28+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-13T18:00:28Z", "ms": 1578938428340.439 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-14T20:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T18:00:17Z", "ms": 1579024816506.9397 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-01-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-14T20:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-14T18:00:17Z", "ms": 1579024816506.9397 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-15T20:00:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-15T18:00:03Z", "ms": 1579111202817.3323 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1440, "qualifies": true } ], "follows": { "festival": "pongal", "name": "Pongal", "local_date": "2020-01-15", "days": 1 }, "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Makara at 22:38 on Tue 14 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-14T20:38:05Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day is counted from the sunset before it to its own sunset: the day of the 14th ends at 20:00, and the day of the 15th ends at 20:00.", "fact": "sunset-day: sunset-to-sunset · sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "The festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from the sunset before it: a transit after sunset belongs to the next day. 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India — on the day 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": "2020-01-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "2020-01-15", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). 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": "2020-01-15", "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, Mattu Pongal 2020 falls on Thursday 16 January. It is kept the day after Pongal, which falls on Wednesday 15 January. The Sun enters Makara at 22:38 on Tue 14 Jan. The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th. Counted from midnight, or counted from sunrise, as in Orissa, it is 15 January.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/mattu-pongal", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-01-20", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 23632, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-01-19T23:21:35+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-19T21:21:35Z", "ms": 1579468895053.1707 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-20T22:36:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-20T20:36:14Z", "ms": 1579552574264.9546 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-01-19T23:21:35+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-19T21:21:35Z", "ms": 1579468895053.1707 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-20T22:36:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-20T20:36:14Z", "ms": 1579552574264.9546 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-20T05:55:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-20T03:55:27Z", "ms": 1579492527409.774 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-20T05:55:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-20T03:55:27Z", "ms": 1579492527409.774 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-01-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-21T05:56:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-21T03:56:27Z", "ms": 1579578986594.371 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-21T05:56:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-21T03:56:27Z", "ms": 1579578986594.371 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 23:22 on Sun 19 Jan to 22:36 on Mon 20 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-19T21:21:35Z → 2020-01-20T20:36:14Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:55 on the 20th and 05:56 on the 21st.", "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": "2020-01-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Monday 20 January. Ekādaśī runs from 23:22 on Sun 19 Jan to 22:36 on Mon 20 Jan and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-01-20", "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/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-01-22", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 3442, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-01-21T22:15:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-21T20:15:19Z", "ms": 1579637719320.2834 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-22T22:19:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T20:19:05Z", "ms": 1579724344936.53 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-01-21T22:15:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-21T20:15:19Z", "ms": 1579637719320.2834 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-22T22:19:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T20:19:05Z", "ms": 1579724344936.53 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-21T19:58:02+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-21T17:58:02Z", "ms": 1579629482350.7466 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-21T21:17:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-21T19:17:58Z", "ms": 1579634277515.126 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 80, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-01-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-22T19:57:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T17:57:36Z", "ms": 1579715856004.0925 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-22T21:17:43+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T19:17:43Z", "ms": 1579720662647.8057 } }, "covered_min": 80, "window_min": 80, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 22:15 on Tue 21 Jan to 22:19 on Wed 22 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-21T20:15:19Z → 2020-01-22T20:19:05Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:58–21:18 on the 21st, 19:58–21:18 on the 22nd.", "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 80 minutes on the 21st and 80 of 80 on the 22nd.", "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 3442 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 22 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": "2020-01-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Wednesday 22 January. Trayodaśī runs from 22:15 on Tue 21 Jan to 22:19 on Wed 22 Jan and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-01-22", "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/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-01-22", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 6386, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-01-22T22:19:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T20:19:05Z", "ms": 1579724344936.53 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-23T22:47:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-23T20:47:51Z", "ms": 1579812470970.091 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-01-22T22:19:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T20:19:05Z", "ms": 1579724344936.53 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-23T22:47:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-23T20:47:51Z", "ms": 1579812470970.091 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-23T00:34:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T22:34:01Z", "ms": 1579732440918.0166 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-23T01:22:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T23:22:01Z", "ms": 1579735320918.0166 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-01-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-24T00:34:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-23T22:34:17Z", "ms": 1579818856849.3733 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-24T01:22:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-23T23:22:17Z", "ms": 1579821736849.3733 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 22:19 on Wed 22 Jan to 22:48 on Thu 23 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-22T20:19:05Z → 2020-01-23T20:47:51Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:34–01:22 on the 22nd, 00:34–01:22 on the 23rd.", "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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.", "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 6386 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 22 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": "2020-01-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Wednesday 22 January. Caturdaśī runs from 22:19 on Wed 22 Jan to 22:48 on Thu 23 Jan and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-01-22", "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/2020/yama-tarpana", "festival": "yama-tarpana", "name": "Yama Tarpaṇa", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-23", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 21076, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-01-22T22:19:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T20:19:05Z", "ms": 1579724344936.53 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-23T22:47:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-23T20:47:51Z", "ms": 1579812470970.091 }, "month": { "amanta": 9, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Pauṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-01-22T22:19:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-22T20:19:05Z", "ms": 1579724344936.53 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-23T22:47:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-23T20:47:51Z", "ms": 1579812470970.091 } }, "kaala": "arunodaya", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-23", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-23T04:38:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-23T02:38:19Z", "ms": 1579747099188.2278 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-23T05:58:26+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-23T03:58:26Z", "ms": 1579751905831.941 } }, "covered_min": 80, "window_min": 80, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-01-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-24T04:39:07+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-24T02:39:07Z", "ms": 1579833547409.361 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-24T05:59:26+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-24T03:59:26Z", "ms": 1579838365794.8113 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 80, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 22:19 on Wed 22 Jan to 22:48 on Thu 23 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-22T20:19:05Z → 2020-01-23T20:47:51Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:38–05:58 on the 23rd, 04:39–05:59 on the 24th.", "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 21076 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Yama Tarpaṇa, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 23 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "yama-tarpana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)" } ], "kaala": "arunodaya", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Yama Tarpaṇa 2020 falls on Thursday 23 January. Caturdaśī runs from 22:19 on Wed 22 Jan to 22:48 on Thu 23 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/yama-tarpana", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/ganesha-jayanti", "festival": "ganesha-jayanti", "name": "Gaṇeśa Jayantī", "everyday": "Maghi Ganesh Jayanti", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-01-28", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 19131, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-01-28T04:52:23+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-28T02:52:23Z", "ms": 1580179943007.0046 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-29T07:16:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-29T05:16:14Z", "ms": 1580274974312.0764 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-01-28T04:52:23+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-28T02:52:23Z", "ms": 1580179943007.0046 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-29T07:16:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-29T05:16:14Z", "ms": 1580274974312.0764 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-01-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-28T12:34:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-28T10:34:54Z", "ms": 1580207694321.817 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-28T13:22:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-28T11:22:54Z", "ms": 1580210574321.817 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-01-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-01-29T12:35:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-29T10:35:05Z", "ms": 1580294105407.0771 }, "end": { "local": "2020-01-29T13:23:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-01-29T11:23:05Z", "ms": 1580296985407.0771 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 04:52 on Tue 28 Jan to 07:16 on Wed 29 Jan.", "fact": "2020-01-28T02:52:23Z → 2020-01-29T05:16:14Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:35–13:23 on the 28th, 12:35–13:23 on the 29th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 19131 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 28 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ganesha-jayanti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-28", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-28", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2020 falls on Tuesday 28 January. 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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. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9935 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vasanta Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 29 January.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vasanta-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Sri Pancami (purvaviddha), Sarasvati puja (Bengal), Vasanta pancami, Madana pancami." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-29", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-01-29", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vasanta Pañcamī 2020 falls on Wednesday 29 January. 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It covers 83 of 83 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 84 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 10421 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 6 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": "2020-02-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-02-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Thursday 6 February. Trayodaśī runs from 16:54 on Thu 6 Feb to 15:02 on Fri 7 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-02-06", "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/2020/maghi-purnima", "festival": "maghi-purnima", "name": "Māghī Pūrṇimā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-02-08", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "margin" ], "boundary_margin_s": 240, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2020-02-08T12:32:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-08T10:32:11Z", "ms": 1581157930585.7717 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-09T09:33:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-09T07:33:17Z", "ms": 1581233596870.916 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 10, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Māgha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-02-08T12:32:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-08T10:32:11Z", "ms": 1581157930585.7717 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-09T09:33:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-09T07:33:17Z", "ms": 1581233596870.916 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-02-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-08T12:36:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-08T10:36:11Z", "ms": 1581158171063.1047 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-08T13:24:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-08T11:24:11Z", "ms": 1581161051063.1047 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-02-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-09T12:36:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-09T10:36:13Z", "ms": 1581244573174.5688 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-09T13:24:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-09T11:24:13Z", "ms": 1581247453174.5688 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 12:32 on Sat 8 Feb to 09:33 on Sun 9 Feb.", "fact": "2020-02-08T10:32:11Z → 2020-02-09T07:33:17Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:36–13:24 on the 8th, 12:36–13:24 on the 9th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 240 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Māghī Pūrṇimā, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 8 February.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "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": "2020-02-08", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-02-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2020 falls on Saturday 8 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:32 on Sat 8 Feb to 09:33 on Sun 9 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 00 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/maghi-purnima", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-02-11", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-02-11", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "absent-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 6349, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-02-11T23:23:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-11T21:23:19Z", "ms": 1581456199356.6904 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-12T20:09:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-12T18:09:45Z", "ms": 1581530985210.729 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-02-11T23:23:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-11T21:23:19Z", "ms": 1581456199356.6904 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-12T20:09:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-12T18:09:45Z", "ms": 1581530985210.729 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-02-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-11T21:37:30+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-11T19:37:30Z", "ms": 1581449850391.7898 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-11T21:37:30+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-11T19:37:30Z", "ms": 1581449850391.7898 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-02-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-12T22:13:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-12T20:13:17Z", "ms": 1581538396509.6624 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-12T22:13:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-12T20:13:17Z", "ms": 1581538396509.6624 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "tithi-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 23:23 on Tue 11 Feb to 20:10 on Wed 12 Feb.", "fact": "2020-02-11T21:23:19Z → 2020-02-12T18:09:45Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:38 on the 11th and 22:13 on the 12th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 11th and is not on the 12th.", "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 6349 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 11 February.", "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": "2020-02-11", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-02-11", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2020 falls on Tuesday 11 February. Caturthī runs from 23:23 on Tue 11 Feb to 20:10 on Wed 12 Feb, and is current at moonrise on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-02-11", "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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-02-19", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Vijayā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-02-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 16750, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-02-18T11:03:09+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-18T09:03:09Z", "ms": 1582016588745.647 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-19T11:32:37+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-19T09:32:37Z", "ms": 1582104756516.301 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-02-18T11:03:09+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-18T09:03:09Z", "ms": 1582016588745.647 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-19T11:32:37+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-19T09:32:37Z", "ms": 1582104756516.301 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-02-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-18T06:23:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-18T04:23:59Z", "ms": 1581999839209.643 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-18T06:23:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-18T04:23:59Z", "ms": 1581999839209.643 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-02-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-19T06:24:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-19T04:24:55Z", "ms": 1582086294828.1833 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-19T06:24:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-19T04:24:55Z", "ms": 1582086294828.1833 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 11:03 on Tue 18 Feb to 11:33 on Wed 19 Feb.", "fact": "2020-02-18T09:03:09Z → 2020-02-19T09:32:37Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:24 on the 18th and 06:25 on the 19th.", "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": "2020-02-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-02-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vijayā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Wednesday 19 February. Ekādaśī runs from 11:03 on Tue 18 Feb to 11:33 on Wed 19 Feb and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-02-19", "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/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-02-20", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-02-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 20466, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-02-20T12:30:08+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-20T10:30:08Z", "ms": 1582194608212.5417 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-21T13:51:33+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-21T11:51:33Z", "ms": 1582285892563.4187 }, "month": { "amanta": 10, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Māgha", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-02-20T12:30:08+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-20T10:30:08Z", "ms": 1582194608212.5417 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-21T13:51:33+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-21T11:51:33Z", "ms": 1582285892563.4187 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-02-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-20T19:33:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-20T17:33:46Z", "ms": 1582220025807.8774 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-20T21:00:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-20T19:00:50Z", "ms": 1582225249700.9268 } }, "covered_min": 87, "window_min": 87, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-02-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-21T19:32:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-21T17:32:38Z", "ms": 1582306358120.6707 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-21T20:59:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-21T18:59:58Z", "ms": 1582311598311.3809 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 87, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 12:30 on Thu 20 Feb to 13:52 on Fri 21 Feb.", "fact": "2020-02-20T10:30:08Z → 2020-02-21T11:51:33Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:34–21:01 on the 20th, 19:33–21:00 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 87 of 87 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 87 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 20466 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 20 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": "2020-02-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-02-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Thursday 20 February. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: disputed → only-day · margin 32572 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahāśivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 21 February.", "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": "2020-02-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-02-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahāśivarātri 2020 falls on Friday 21 February. Caturdaśī runs from 13:52 on Fri 21 Feb to 15:33 on Sat 22 Feb and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2020-02-27", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-02-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33585, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-02-27T00:42:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-26T22:42:11Z", "ms": 1582756931023.6729 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-28T03:14:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-28T01:14:55Z", "ms": 1582852494786.9917 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-02-27T00:42:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-26T22:42:11Z", "ms": 1582756931023.6729 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-28T03:14:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-28T01:14:55Z", "ms": 1582852494786.9917 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-02-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-27T12:34:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-27T10:34:50Z", "ms": 1582799690329.638 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-27T13:22:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-27T11:22:50Z", "ms": 1582802570329.638 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-02-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-02-28T12:34:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-28T10:34:40Z", "ms": 1582886079762.9043 }, "end": { "local": "2020-02-28T13:22:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-02-28T11:22:40Z", "ms": 1582888959762.9043 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 00:42 on Thu 27 Feb to 03:15 on Fri 28 Feb.", "fact": "2020-02-26T22:42:11Z → 2020-02-28T01:14:55Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:35–13:23 on the 27th, 12:35–13:23 on the 28th.", "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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.", "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 33585 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 27 February.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-02-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-02-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2020 falls on Thursday 27 February. Caturthī runs from 00:42 on Thu 27 Feb to 03:15 on Fri 28 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2020-02-27", "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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-03-06", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Āmalakī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-03-06", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 5918, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-03-05T09:49:20+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-05T07:49:20Z", "ms": 1583394559778.8206 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-06T08:17:33+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-06T06:17:33Z", "ms": 1583475452701.431 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-03-05T09:49:20+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-05T07:49:20Z", "ms": 1583394559778.8206 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-06T08:17:33+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-06T06:17:33Z", "ms": 1583475452701.431 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-03-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-05T06:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-05T04:38:05Z", "ms": 1583383084713.8223 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-05T06:38:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-05T04:38:05Z", "ms": 1583383084713.8223 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-03-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-06T06:38:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-06T04:38:54Z", "ms": 1583469534408.3079 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-06T06:38:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-06T04:38:54Z", "ms": 1583469534408.3079 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 09:49 on Thu 5 Mar to 08:18 on Fri 6 Mar.", "fact": "2020-03-05T07:49:20Z → 2020-03-06T06:17:33Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:38 on the 5th and 06:39 on the 6th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 5th and is 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 5918 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Āmalakī Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 6 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Āmalakī Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Friday 6 March. Ekādaśī runs from 09:49 on Thu 5 Mar to 08:18 on Fri 6 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-03-06", "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/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-03-07", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-03-07", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 22559, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-03-07T05:59:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-07T03:59:15Z", "ms": 1583553554995.9175 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-08T03:01:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-08T01:01:40Z", "ms": 1583629300491.9746 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-03-07T05:59:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-07T03:59:15Z", "ms": 1583553554995.9175 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-08T03:01:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-08T01:01:40Z", "ms": 1583629300491.9746 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-03-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-06T19:15:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-06T17:15:29Z", "ms": 1583514928831.9482 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-06T20:46:43+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-06T18:46:43Z", "ms": 1583520402822.5278 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 91, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-03-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-07T19:14:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-07T17:14:11Z", "ms": 1583601250690.1152 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-07T20:45:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-07T18:45:42Z", "ms": 1583606741636.059 } }, "covered_min": 92, "window_min": 92, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 05:59 on Sat 7 Mar to 03:02 on Sun 8 Mar.", "fact": "2020-03-07T03:59:15Z → 2020-03-08T01:01:40Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:15–20:47 on the 6th, 19:14–20:46 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 91 minutes on the 6th and 92 of 92 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 22559 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 7 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": "2020-03-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Saturday 7 March. 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It covers 0 of 150 minutes on the 8th and 150 of 150 on the 9th.", "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 2172 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Holikā Dahana, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 9 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": "2020-03-09", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-09", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Holikā Dahana 2020 falls on Monday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:34 on Sun 8 Mar to 19:48 on Mon 9 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/holi", "festival": "holi", "name": "Holī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-03-10", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2172, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2020-03-08T23:34:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-08T21:34:14Z", "ms": 1583703254307.8884 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-09T19:47:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-09T17:47:45Z", "ms": 1583776064611.7764 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 11, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Phālguna" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-03-08T23:34:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-08T21:34:14Z", "ms": 1583703254307.8884 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-09T19:47:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-09T17:47:45Z", "ms": 1583776064611.7764 } }, "kaala": "sayahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-03-08", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-08T16:42:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-08T14:42:24Z", "ms": 1583678544239.0977 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-08T19:12:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-08T17:12:52Z", "ms": 1583687572102.6985 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 150, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-03-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-09T16:41:31+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-09T14:41:31Z", "ms": 1583764890781.3035 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-09T19:11:33+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-09T17:11:33Z", "ms": 1583773893103.4827 } }, "covered_min": 150, "window_min": 150, "qualifies": true } ], "follows": { "festival": "holika-dahana", "name": "Holikā Dahana", "local_date": "2020-03-09", "days": 1 }, "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 23:34 on Sun 8 Mar to 19:48 on Mon 9 Mar.", "fact": "2020-03-08T21:34:14Z → 2020-03-09T17:47:45Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:42–19:13 on the 8th, 16:42–19:12 on the 9th.", "fact": "sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 150 minutes on the 8th and 150 of 150 on the 9th.", "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 2172 s" }, { "step": "counted", "text": "Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 9 March is the day taken above.", "fact": "follows: holika-dahana + 1 d" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Holī, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 10 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": "2020-03-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Holī 2020 falls on Tuesday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:34 on Sun 8 Mar to 19:48 on Mon 9 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/vasantotsava", "festival": "vasantotsava", "name": "Vasantotsava", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-03-10", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33093, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 15, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2020-03-09T19:47:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-09T17:47:45Z", "ms": 1583776064611.7764 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-10T15:53:43+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-10T13:53:43Z", "ms": 1583848422524.3735 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-03-09T19:47:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-09T17:47:45Z", "ms": 1583776064611.7764 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-10T15:53:43+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-10T13:53:43Z", "ms": 1583848422524.3735 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-03-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-09T06:41:21+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-09T04:41:21Z", "ms": 1583728881492.5864 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-09T06:41:21+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-09T04:41:21Z", "ms": 1583728881492.5864 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-03-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-10T06:42:10+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-10T04:42:10Z", "ms": 1583815329900.7563 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-10T06:42:10+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-10T04:42:10Z", "ms": 1583815329900.7563 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 19:48 on Mon 9 Mar to 15:54 on Tue 10 Mar.", "fact": "2020-03-09T17:47:45Z → 2020-03-10T13:53:43Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:41 on the 9th and 06:42 on the 10th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 9th and is on the 10th.", "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 33093 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vasantotsava, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 10 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": "2020-03-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vasantotsava 2020 falls on Tuesday 10 March. Pratipadā runs from 19:48 on Mon 9 Mar to 15:54 on Tue 10 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-03-12", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-03-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 28844, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-03-12T08:29:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-12T06:29:24Z", "ms": 1583994564376.2302 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-13T05:20:57+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-13T03:20:57Z", "ms": 1584069656986.0444 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-03-12T08:29:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-12T06:29:24Z", "ms": 1583994564376.2302 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-13T05:20:57+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-13T03:20:57Z", "ms": 1584069656986.0444 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-03-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-11T20:43:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-11T18:43:25Z", "ms": 1583952205189.573 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-11T20:43:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-11T18:43:25Z", "ms": 1583952205189.573 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-03-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-12T21:20:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-12T19:20:13Z", "ms": 1584040812758.8486 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-12T21:20:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-12T19:20:13Z", "ms": 1584040812758.8486 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 08:29 on Thu 12 Mar to 05:21 on Fri 13 Mar.", "fact": "2020-03-12T06:29:24Z → 2020-03-13T03:20:57Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 20:43 on the 11th and 21:20 on the 12th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 11th and is on the 12th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 28844 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 12 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": "2020-03-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2020 falls on Thursday 12 March. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.", "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 36694 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śītalāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 16 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": "2020-03-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śītalāṣṭamī 2020 falls on Monday 16 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:50 on Sun 15 Mar to 23:30 on Mon 16 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-03-19", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-03-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 15606, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-03-19T00:56:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-18T22:56:40Z", "ms": 1584572199763.8938 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-20T02:29:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-20T00:29:55Z", "ms": 1584664195262.8796 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-03-19T00:56:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-18T22:56:40Z", "ms": 1584572199763.8938 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-20T02:29:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-20T00:29:55Z", "ms": 1584664195262.8796 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-03-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-19T06:49:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-19T04:49:15Z", "ms": 1584593354690.2063 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-19T06:49:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-19T04:49:15Z", "ms": 1584593354690.2063 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-03-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-20T06:50:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-20T04:50:01Z", "ms": 1584679800910.2854 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-20T06:50:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-20T04:50:01Z", "ms": 1584679800910.2854 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 00:57 on Thu 19 Mar to 02:30 on Fri 20 Mar.", "fact": "2020-03-18T22:56:40Z → 2020-03-20T00:29:55Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 06:49 on the 19th and 06:50 on the 20th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 19th and is not on the 20th.", "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 15606 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 19 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ekadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 105", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The general rule prevalent in most part of India is that it is to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at sunrise. If it occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day. When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Thursday 19 March. Ekādaśī runs from 00:57 on Thu 19 Mar to 02:30 on Fri 20 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-03-19", "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/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-03-21", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-03-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 28456, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-03-21T04:26:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-21T02:26:15Z", "ms": 1584757574605.488 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-22T06:38:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-22T04:38:27Z", "ms": 1584851907187.5706 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-03-21T04:26:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-21T02:26:15Z", "ms": 1584757574605.488 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-22T06:38:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-22T04:38:27Z", "ms": 1584851907187.5706 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-03-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-20T18:56:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-20T16:56:46Z", "ms": 1584723406145.8743 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-20T20:31:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-20T18:31:58Z", "ms": 1584729118255.8328 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 95, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-03-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-21T18:55:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-21T16:55:25Z", "ms": 1584809724656.928 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-21T20:30:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-21T18:30:54Z", "ms": 1584815453753.2676 } }, "covered_min": 95, "window_min": 95, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 04:26 on Sat 21 Mar to 06:38 on Sun 22 Mar.", "fact": "2020-03-21T02:26:15Z → 2020-03-22T04:38:27Z" }, { "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 0 of 95 minutes on the 20th and 95 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 28456 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 21 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": "2020-03-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Saturday 21 March. Trayodaśī runs from 04:26 on Sat 21 Mar to 06:38 on Sun 22 Mar and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-03-21", "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/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-03-22", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-03-22", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 19258, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-03-22T06:38:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-22T04:38:27Z", "ms": 1584851907187.5706 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-23T09:00:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-23T07:00:39Z", "ms": 1584946839010.5203 }, "month": { "amanta": 11, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Phālguna", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-03-22T06:38:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-22T04:38:27Z", "ms": 1584851907187.5706 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-23T09:00:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-23T07:00:39Z", "ms": 1584946839010.5203 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-03-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-22T00:29:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-21T22:29:29Z", "ms": 1584829768768.2012 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-22T01:17:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-21T23:17:29Z", "ms": 1584832648768.2012 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-03-22", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-23T00:29:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-22T22:29:11Z", "ms": 1584916150895.626 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-23T01:17:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-22T23:17:11Z", "ms": 1584919030895.626 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 06:38 on Sun 22 Mar to 09:01 on Mon 23 Mar.", "fact": "2020-03-22T04:38:27Z → 2020-03-23T07:00:39Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:29–01:17 on the 21st, 00:29–01:17 on the 22nd.", "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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.", "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 19258 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 22 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Sunday 22 March. Caturdaśī runs from 06:38 on Sun 22 Mar to 09:01 on Mon 23 Mar and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-03-22", "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/2020/navaratra-arambha-caitra", "festival": "navaratra-arambha-caitra", "name": "Navarātrārambha (Caitra)", "everyday": "Chaitra Navratri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-03-25", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2481, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 0, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2020-03-24T11:28:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-24T09:28:13Z", "ms": 1585042092805.0352 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-25T13:57:16+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-25T11:57:16Z", "ms": 1585137435639.6782 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-03-24T11:28:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-24T09:28:13Z", "ms": 1585042092805.0352 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-25T13:57:16+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-25T11:57:16Z", "ms": 1585137435639.6782 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-03-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-24T12:28:12+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-24T10:28:12Z", "ms": 1585045692220.354 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-24T13:16:12+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-24T11:16:12Z", "ms": 1585048572220.354 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-03-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-03-25T12:27:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-25T10:27:54Z", "ms": 1585132074263.516 }, "end": { "local": "2020-03-25T13:15:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-03-25T11:15:54Z", "ms": 1585134954263.516 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "paraviddha", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 11:28 on Tue 24 Mar to 13:57 on Wed 25 Mar.", "fact": "2020-03-24T09:28:13Z → 2020-03-25T11:57:16Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:28–13:16 on the 24th, 12:28–13:16 on the 25th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 2481 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Navarātrārambha (Caitra), Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 25 March.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "navaratra-arambha-caitra", "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 1 Navaratrarambha (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-03-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Navarātrārambha (Caitra) (Chaitra Navratri) 2020 falls on Wednesday 25 March. Pratipadā runs from 11:28 on Tue 24 Mar to 13:57 on Wed 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. 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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. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 35994 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rāma Navamī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 2 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": "2020-04-02", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-02", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rāma Navamī 2020 falls on Thursday 2 April. 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It is on the 4th and is not on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 34352 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kāmadā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 4 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": "2020-04-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kāmadā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Saturday 4 April. Ekādaśī runs from 21:29 on Fri 3 Apr to 19:01 on Sat 4 Apr and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-04-04", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-04-05", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-05", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 9588, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-04-05T15:55:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-05T13:55:27Z", "ms": 1586094926989.4458 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-06T12:22:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T10:22:24Z", "ms": 1586168544283.8848 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-04-05T15:55:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-05T13:55:27Z", "ms": 1586094926989.4458 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-06T12:22:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T10:22:24Z", "ms": 1586168544283.8848 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-05T18:35:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-05T16:35:15Z", "ms": 1586104514694.404 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-05T20:14:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-05T18:14:55Z", "ms": 1586110495234.637 } }, "covered_min": 100, "window_min": 100, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-04-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-06T18:33:56+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T16:33:56Z", "ms": 1586190836108.706 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-06T20:13:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T18:13:53Z", "ms": 1586196833071.8518 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 100, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 15:55 on Sun 5 Apr to 12:22 on Mon 6 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-05T13:55:27Z → 2020-04-06T10:22:24Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:35–20:15 on the 5th, 18:34–20:14 on the 6th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 100 of 100 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 100 on the 6th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9588 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 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": "2020-04-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Sunday 5 April. Trayodaśī runs from 15:55 on Sun 5 Apr to 12:22 on Mon 6 Apr and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-04-05", "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/2020/ananga-trayodashi", "festival": "ananga-trayodashi", "name": "Anaṅga Trayodaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-06", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "margin" ], "boundary_margin_s": 118, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-04-05T15:55:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-05T13:55:27Z", "ms": 1586094926989.4458 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-06T12:22:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T10:22:24Z", "ms": 1586168544283.8848 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-04-05T15:55:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-05T13:55:27Z", "ms": 1586094926989.4458 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-06T12:22:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T10:22:24Z", "ms": 1586168544283.8848 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-05T12:24:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-05T10:24:39Z", "ms": 1586082279421.2495 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-05T13:12:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-05T11:12:39Z", "ms": 1586085159421.2495 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-04-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-06T12:24:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T10:24:22Z", "ms": 1586168662427.4287 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-06T13:12:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T11:12:22Z", "ms": 1586171542427.4287 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "second-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 15:55 on Sun 5 Apr to 12:22 on Mon 6 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-05T13:55:27Z → 2020-04-06T10:22:24Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:25–13:13 on the 5th, 12:24–13:12 on the 6th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 118 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Anaṅga Trayodaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 6 April.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "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": "2020-04-06", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Anaṅga Trayodaśī 2020 falls on Monday 6 April. Trayodaśī runs from 15:55 on Sun 5 Apr to 12:22 on Mon 6 Apr, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 1 min 58 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ananga-trayodashi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/vishnu-damanaka-chaturdashi", "festival": "vishnu-damanaka-chaturdashi", "name": "Viṣṇudamanaka Caturdaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-06", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "margin" ], "boundary_margin_s": 118, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 13, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-04-06T12:22:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T10:22:24Z", "ms": 1586168544283.8848 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-07T08:31:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-07T06:31:51Z", "ms": 1586241111307.523 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 0, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Caitra" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-04-06T12:22:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T10:22:24Z", "ms": 1586168544283.8848 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-07T08:31:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-07T06:31:51Z", "ms": 1586241111307.523 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-06T12:24:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T10:24:22Z", "ms": 1586168662427.4287 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-06T13:12:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-06T11:12:22Z", "ms": 1586171542427.4287 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-04-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-07T12:24:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-07T10:24:06Z", "ms": 1586255045641.1687 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-07T13:12:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-07T11:12:06Z", "ms": 1586257925641.1687 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 12:22 on Mon 6 Apr to 08:32 on Tue 7 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-06T10:22:24Z → 2020-04-07T06:31:51Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:24–13:12 on the 6th, 12:24–13:12 on the 7th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 118 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Viṣṇudamanaka Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 6 April.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vishnu-damanaka-chaturdashi", "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 14 Madanabhanji, (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Sivadamanaka caturdasi, Visnudamanaka caturdasi (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-06", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Viṣṇudamanaka Caturdaśī 2020 falls on Monday 6 April. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 13934 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 7 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": "2020-04-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2020 falls on Tuesday 7 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:32 on Tue 7 Apr to 04:35 on Wed 8 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/chaitri-purnima", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-04-10", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-10", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 8972, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-04-10T18:02:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-10T16:02:03Z", "ms": 1586534523477.4395 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-11T15:31:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-11T13:31:55Z", "ms": 1586611915456.4453 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 1, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Vaiśākha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-04-10T18:02:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-10T16:02:03Z", "ms": 1586534523477.4395 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-11T15:31:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-11T13:31:55Z", "ms": 1586611915456.4453 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-10T20:31:35+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-10T18:31:35Z", "ms": 1586543495141.8105 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-10T20:31:35+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-10T18:31:35Z", "ms": 1586543495141.8105 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-04-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-11T21:16:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-11T19:16:50Z", "ms": 1586632609788.261 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-11T21:16:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-11T19:16:50Z", "ms": 1586632609788.261 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 18:02 on Fri 10 Apr to 15:32 on Sat 11 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-10T16:02:03Z → 2020-04-11T13:31:55Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 20:32 on the 10th and 21:17 on the 11th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 10th and is not on the 11th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 8972 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 10 April.", "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": "2020-04-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2020 falls on Friday 10 April. Caturthī runs from 18:02 on Fri 10 Apr to 15:32 on Sat 11 Apr and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-04-10", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/vaishakhi", "festival": "vaishakhi", "name": "Vaiśākhī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 35101, "anga": { "type": "sankranti", "index": 0, "key": "mesha", "name": "Meṣa", "start": { "local": "2020-04-13T16:53:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-13T14:53:03Z", "ms": 1586789582564.9207 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-14T13:46:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-14T11:46:13Z", "ms": 1589456772718.1482 } }, "span": { "of": "transit", "start": { "local": "2020-04-13T16:53:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-13T14:53:03Z", "ms": 1586789582564.9207 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-13T16:53:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-13T14:53:03Z", "ms": 1586789582564.9207 } }, "kaala": "day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-12T07:07:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-12T05:07:17Z", "ms": 1586668036569.585 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-13T07:08:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-13T05:08:01Z", "ms": 1586754481359.3367 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 1441, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-04-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-13T07:08:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-13T05:08:01Z", "ms": 1586754481359.3367 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-14T07:08:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-14T05:08:46Z", "ms": 1586840926214.2458 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 1441, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "The Sun enters Meṣa at 16:53 on Mon 13 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-13T14:53:03Z · 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. The transit falls on the 13th, not the 12th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "An instant falls in one day and no other. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "day counted from sunrise → only-day · margin 35101 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vaiśākhī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 13 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "solar", "id": "vaishakhi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Mesadi — Cadaka puja (Bengal), Bahag Bihu (Assam), Cheiraoba (Manipur), Visu (T. C. State), Vaisakhi (on the samkramana day commencing from sunrise)." }, { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The other names in the row (Cadaka puja, Bahag Bihu, Cheiraoba, Visu) are regional observances and wait with the regional rows.", "rashi": "Meṣa", "day_from": "sunrise" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "civil-day", "local_date": "2020-04-13", "statement": "Counted from midnight", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 106", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day." } }, { "kind": "reckoning", "id": "sunset-rule", "local_date": "2020-04-13", "statement": "Past sunset, the next day (the Tamil rule)", "reference": { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti", "locator": "p. 244", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day." } } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vaiśākhī 2020 falls on Monday 13 April. The Sun enters Meṣa at 16:53 on Mon 13 Apr, and the rule counts the day from sunrise.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/vaishakhi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-04-18", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Varūthinī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-18", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33790, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-04-17T16:34:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-17T14:34:11Z", "ms": 1587134050724.3997 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-18T18:47:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-18T16:47:54Z", "ms": 1587228473926.2234 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 1, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Vaiśākha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-04-17T16:34:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-17T14:34:11Z", "ms": 1587134050724.3997 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-18T18:47:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-18T16:47:54Z", "ms": 1587228473926.2234 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-17T07:11:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-17T05:11:01Z", "ms": 1587100261199.2175 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-17T07:11:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-17T05:11:01Z", "ms": 1587100261199.2175 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-04-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-18T07:11:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-18T05:11:46Z", "ms": 1587186706336.9893 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-18T07:11:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-18T05:11:46Z", "ms": 1587186706336.9893 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 16:34 on Fri 17 Apr to 18:48 on Sat 18 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-17T14:34:11Z → 2020-04-18T16:47:54Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:11 on the 17th and 07:12 on the 18th.", "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": "2020-04-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Varūthinī Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Saturday 18 April. Ekādaśī runs from 16:34 on Fri 17 Apr to 18:48 on Sat 18 Apr and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-04-18", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-04-20", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 4335, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-04-19T21:13:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-19T19:13:24Z", "ms": 1587323604032.774 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-20T23:42:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-20T21:42:18Z", "ms": 1587418938191.2366 }, "month": { "amanta": 0, "purnimanta": 1, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Caitra", "purnimanta_name": "Vaiśākha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-04-19T21:13:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-19T19:13:24Z", "ms": 1587323604032.774 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-20T23:42:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-20T21:42:18Z", "ms": 1587418938191.2366 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-19T18:17:44+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-19T16:17:44Z", "ms": 1587313064328.1143 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-19T20:01:09+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-19T18:01:09Z", "ms": 1587319268660.1953 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 103, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-04-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-20T18:16:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-20T16:16:34Z", "ms": 1587399394404.8157 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-20T20:00:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-20T18:00:14Z", "ms": 1587405614104.9785 } }, "covered_min": 104, "window_min": 104, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 21:13 on Sun 19 Apr to 23:42 on Mon 20 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-19T19:13:24Z → 2020-04-20T21:42:18Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:18–20:01 on the 19th, 18:17–20:00 on the 20th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4335 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 20 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": "2020-04-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Monday 20 April. 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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": "2020-04-20", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-21", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Monday 20 April. Caturdaśī runs from 23:42 on Mon 20 Apr to 02:08 on Wed 22 Apr and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 48 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/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-04-20", "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/2020/parashurama-jayanti", "festival": "parashurama-jayanti", "name": "Paraśurāma Jayantī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-25", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 29798, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 2, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "2020-04-25T08:22:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-25T06:22:13Z", "ms": 1587795733034.6099 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-26T09:53:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T07:53:15Z", "ms": 1587887594890.708 }, "month": { "amanta": 1, "purnimanta": 1, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Vaiśākha", "purnimanta_name": "Vaiśākha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-04-25T08:22:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-25T06:22:13Z", "ms": 1587795733034.6099 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-26T09:53:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T07:53:15Z", "ms": 1587887594890.708 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-25T18:10:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-25T16:10:58Z", "ms": 1587831057610.6226 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-25T19:55:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-25T17:55:53Z", "ms": 1587837352539.0847 } }, "covered_min": 105, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-04-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-26T18:09:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T16:09:53Z", "ms": 1587917392986.593 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-26T19:55:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T17:55:03Z", "ms": 1587923702607.911 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 08:22 on Sat 25 Apr to 09:53 on Sun 26 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-25T06:22:13Z → 2020-04-26T07:53:15Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:11–19:56 on the 25th, 18:10–19:55 on the 26th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Tṛtīyā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 105 on the 26th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 29798 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Paraśurāma Jayantī, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 25 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "parashurama-jayanti", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Aksaya trtiya (purvahna vyapini, paraviddha) (Special when combined with Rohini naksatra and Wednesday), Candanayatra, Parasurama jayanti (pradosavyapini — if occurs on two successive days, the second day is to be observed)." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Paraśurāma Jayantī 2020 falls on Saturday 25 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 08:22 on Sat 25 Apr to 09:53 on Sun 26 Apr and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/parashurama-jayanti", "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/2020/akshaya-tritiya", "festival": "akshaya-tritiya", "name": "Akṣaya Tṛtīyā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 3716, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 2, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "2020-04-25T08:22:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-25T06:22:13Z", "ms": 1587795733034.6099 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-26T09:53:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T07:53:15Z", "ms": 1587887594890.708 }, "month": { "amanta": 1, "purnimanta": 1, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Vaiśākha", "purnimanta_name": "Vaiśākha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-04-25T08:22:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-25T06:22:13Z", "ms": 1587795733034.6099 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-26T09:53:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T07:53:15Z", "ms": 1587887594890.708 } }, "kaala": "purvahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-25T07:17:04+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-25T05:17:04Z", "ms": 1587791824018.662 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-25T10:55:02+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-25T08:55:02Z", "ms": 1587804901882.649 } }, "covered_min": 153, "window_min": 218, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-04-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-26T07:17:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T05:17:50Z", "ms": 1587878269574.0884 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-26T10:55:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T08:55:11Z", "ms": 1587891310711.5898 } }, "covered_min": 155, "window_min": 217, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "paraviddha", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 08:22 on Sat 25 Apr to 09:53 on Sun 26 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-25T06:22:13Z → 2020-04-26T07:53:15Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:17–10:55 on the 25th, 07:18–10:55 on the 26th.", "fact": "purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 153 of 218 minutes on the 25th and 155 of 217 on the 26th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both forenoons qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 3716 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 26 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "akshaya-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Aksaya trtiya (purvahna vyapini, paraviddha) (Special when combined with Rohini naksatra and Wednesday), Candanayatra, Parasurama jayanti (pradosavyapini — if occurs on two successive days, the second day is to be observed)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Rohiṇī nakṣatra and a Wednesday; neither is tested.", "kaala": "purvahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2020 falls on Sunday 26 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 08:22 on Sat 25 Apr to 09:53 on Sun 26 Apr and covers 155 of 217 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 153 minutes; by the rule the second forenoon is taken.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/akshaya-tritiya", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2020-04-26", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-04-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 4765, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-04-26T09:53:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T07:53:15Z", "ms": 1587887594890.708 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-27T11:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-27T09:00:17Z", "ms": 1587978017209.867 }, "month": { "amanta": 1, "purnimanta": 1, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Vaiśākha", "purnimanta_name": "Vaiśākha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-04-26T09:53:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T07:53:15Z", "ms": 1587887594890.708 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-27T11:00:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-27T09:00:17Z", "ms": 1587978017209.867 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-04-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-26T12:19:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T10:19:51Z", "ms": 1587896391280.3408 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-26T13:07:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-26T11:07:51Z", "ms": 1587899271280.3408 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-04-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-04-27T12:19:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-27T10:19:42Z", "ms": 1587982782238.3716 }, "end": { "local": "2020-04-27T13:07:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-04-27T11:07:42Z", "ms": 1587985662238.3716 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 09:53 on Sun 26 Apr to 11:00 on Mon 27 Apr.", "fact": "2020-04-26T07:53:15Z → 2020-04-27T09:00:17Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:20–13:08 on the 26th, 12:20–13:08 on the 27th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. 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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": "2020-04-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2020 falls on Sunday 26 April. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 2472 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śaṅkara Jayantī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 27 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shankara-jayanti", "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 Sankara jayanti." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-27", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śaṅkara Jayantī 2020 falls on Monday 27 April. 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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. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2204 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Gaṅgotpatti, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 29 April.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "gangotpatti", "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 Gangotpatti, (madhyahna vyapini, if occurs on two successive days, the first day is to be observed), Jahnu saptami, Sarkara saptami." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-29", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-04-29", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 2020 falls on Wednesday 29 April. Saptamī runs from 11:43 on Wed 29 Apr to 11:10 on Thu 30 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/gangotpatti", "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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-05-03", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Mohinī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-05-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 6203, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-05-03T05:39:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-03T03:39:45Z", "ms": 1588477184871.3984 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-04T02:43:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-04T00:43:15Z", "ms": 1588552995206.514 }, "month": { "amanta": 1, "purnimanta": 1, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Vaiśākha", "purnimanta_name": "Vaiśākha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-05-03T05:39:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-03T03:39:45Z", "ms": 1588477184871.3984 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-04T02:43:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-04T00:43:15Z", "ms": 1588552995206.514 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-05-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-05-03T07:23:08+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-03T05:23:08Z", "ms": 1588483388285.0256 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-03T07:23:08+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-03T05:23:08Z", "ms": 1588483388285.0256 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-05-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-05-04T07:23:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-04T05:23:54Z", "ms": 1588569833646.34 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-04T07:23:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-04T05:23:54Z", "ms": 1588569833646.34 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 05:40 on Sun 3 May to 02:43 on Mon 4 May.", "fact": "2020-05-03T03:39:45Z → 2020-05-04T00:43:15Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:23 on the 3rd and 07:24 on the 4th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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The day the tithi falls on is taken.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 202 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 5 May.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "nrisimha-chaturdashi", "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 14 Nrsimha caturdasi (pradosa vyapini — if it occurs on two successive days, the second day is to be observed, special when combined with naksatra 'Svati', yoga 'Siddhi' and 'Saturday')." } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Svātī nakṣatra, Siddhi yoga and a Saturday; none is tested.", "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-05-05", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-05-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī (Narasimha Jayanti) 2020 falls on Tuesday 5 May. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 202 s < 300 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 5 May.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (margin)" } ], "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": "2020-05-05", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-05-05", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Tuesday 5 May. 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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": "2020-05-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-05-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aparā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Monday 18 May. 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It covers 110 of 110 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 110 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 5809 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 19 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": "2020-05-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-05-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Tuesday 19 May. Trayodaśī runs from 14:02 on Tue 19 May to 16:13 on Wed 20 May and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-05-19", "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/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-05-20", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-05-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 22353, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-05-20T16:13:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-20T14:13:00Z", "ms": 1589983980494.7742 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-21T18:06:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-21T16:06:36Z", "ms": 1590077196278.8645 }, "month": { "amanta": 1, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Vaiśākha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-05-20T16:13:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-20T14:13:00Z", "ms": 1589983980494.7742 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-21T18:06:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-21T16:06:36Z", "ms": 1590077196278.8645 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-05-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-05-21T00:19:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-20T22:19:06Z", "ms": 1590013145548.8203 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-21T01:07:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-20T23:07:06Z", "ms": 1590016025548.8203 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-05-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-05-22T00:19:10+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-21T22:19:10Z", "ms": 1590099549670.8862 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-22T01:07:10+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-21T23:07:10Z", "ms": 1590102429670.8862 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 16:13 on Wed 20 May to 18:07 on Thu 21 May.", "fact": "2020-05-20T14:13:00Z → 2020-05-21T16:06:36Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:19–01:07 on the 20th, 00:19–01:07 on the 21st.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 22353 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 20 May.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-05-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-05-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Wednesday 20 May. Caturdaśī runs from 16:13 on Wed 20 May to 18:07 on Thu 21 May and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-05-20", "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/2020/rambha-tritiya", "festival": "rambha-tritiya", "name": "Rambhā Tṛtīyā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-05-25", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 30240, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 2, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "2020-05-24T21:31:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-24T19:31:05Z", "ms": 1590348664977.9597 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-25T21:48:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-25T19:48:38Z", "ms": 1590436118125.495 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-05-24T21:31:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-24T19:31:05Z", "ms": 1590348664977.9597 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-25T21:48:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-25T19:48:38Z", "ms": 1590436118125.495 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-05-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-05-24T12:19:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-24T10:19:05Z", "ms": 1590315545098.7588 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-24T13:07:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-24T11:07:05Z", "ms": 1590318425098.7588 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-05-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-05-25T12:19:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-25T10:19:11Z", "ms": 1590401951497.5361 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-25T13:07:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-25T11:07:11Z", "ms": 1590404831497.5361 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 21:31 on Sun 24 May to 21:49 on Mon 25 May.", "fact": "2020-05-24T19:31:05Z → 2020-05-25T19:48:38Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:19–13:07 on the 24th, 12:19–13:07 on the 25th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 30240 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rambhā Tṛtīyā, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 25 May.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rambha-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Rambha trtiya (purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-05-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-05-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rambhā Tṛtīyā 2020 falls on Monday 25 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 21:31 on Sun 24 May to 21:49 on Mon 25 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/rambha-tritiya", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2020-05-26", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-05-26", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 30720, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-05-25T21:48:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-25T19:48:38Z", "ms": 1590436118125.495 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-26T21:39:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-26T19:39:18Z", "ms": 1590521957924.3481 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-05-25T21:48:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-25T19:48:38Z", "ms": 1590436118125.495 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-26T21:39:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-26T19:39:18Z", "ms": 1590521957924.3481 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-05-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-05-25T12:19:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-25T10:19:11Z", "ms": 1590401951497.5361 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-25T13:07:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-25T11:07:11Z", "ms": 1590404831497.5361 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-05-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-05-26T12:19:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-26T10:19:18Z", "ms": 1590488358375.5068 }, "end": { "local": "2020-05-26T13:07:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-05-26T11:07:18Z", "ms": 1590491238375.5068 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 21:49 on Mon 25 May to 21:39 on Tue 26 May.", "fact": "2020-05-25T19:48:38Z → 2020-05-26T19:39:18Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:19–13:07 on the 25th, 12:19–13:07 on the 26th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.", "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 21:02 on Wed 27 May to 19:58 on Thu 28 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-06-02", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Nirjalā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-06-02", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 3060, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-06-01T11:27:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-01T09:27:48Z", "ms": 1591003667611.917 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-02T08:35:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-02T06:35:01Z", "ms": 1591079700971.7622 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 2, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-06-01T11:27:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-01T09:27:48Z", "ms": 1591003667611.917 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-02T08:35:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-02T06:35:01Z", "ms": 1591079700971.7622 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-06-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-01T07:43:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-01T05:43:27Z", "ms": 1590990206939.213 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-01T07:43:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-01T05:43:27Z", "ms": 1590990206939.213 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-06-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-02T07:44:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-02T05:44:01Z", "ms": 1591076641357.423 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-02T07:44:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-02T05:44:01Z", "ms": 1591076641357.423 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 11:28 on Mon 1 Jun to 08:35 on Tue 2 Jun.", "fact": "2020-06-01T09:27:48Z → 2020-06-02T06:35:01Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:43 on the 1st and 07:44 on the 2nd.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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It is on the 8th and is not on the 9th.", "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 14420 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 8 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": "2020-06-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2020 falls on Monday 8 June. Caturthī runs from 16:27 on Mon 8 Jun to 16:09 on Tue 9 Jun and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-06-08", "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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-06-16", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Yoginī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-06-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 12595, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-06-16T02:10:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-16T00:10:50Z", "ms": 1592266250189.8184 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-17T04:20:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-17T02:20:45Z", "ms": 1592360444715.6853 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-06-16T02:10:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-16T00:10:50Z", "ms": 1592266250189.8184 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-17T04:20:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-17T02:20:45Z", "ms": 1592360444715.6853 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-06-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-16T07:50:21+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-16T05:50:21Z", "ms": 1592286621388.8994 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-16T07:50:21+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-16T05:50:21Z", "ms": 1592286621388.8994 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-06-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-17T07:50:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-17T05:50:40Z", "ms": 1592373040085.5322 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-17T07:50:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-17T05:50:40Z", "ms": 1592373040085.5322 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 02:11 on Tue 16 Jun to 04:21 on Wed 17 Jun.", "fact": "2020-06-16T00:10:50Z → 2020-06-17T02:20:45Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:50 on the 16th and 07:51 on the 17th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is on the 16th and is not on the 17th.", "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 12595 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Yoginī Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 16 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": "2020-06-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Yoginī Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Tuesday 16 June. Ekādaśī runs from 02:11 on Tue 16 Jun to 04:21 on Wed 17 Jun and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-06-16", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-06-18", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-06-18", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 36758, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-06-18T06:09:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-18T04:09:54Z", "ms": 1592453393833.7488 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-19T07:31:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-19T05:31:40Z", "ms": 1592544699628.4753 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-06-18T06:09:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-18T04:09:54Z", "ms": 1592453393833.7488 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-19T07:31:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-19T05:31:40Z", "ms": 1592544699628.4753 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-06-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-18T17:44:07+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-18T15:44:07Z", "ms": 1592495047243.7659 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-18T19:37:04+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-18T17:37:04Z", "ms": 1592501824090.049 } }, "covered_min": 113, "window_min": 113, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-06-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-19T17:44:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-19T15:44:18Z", "ms": 1592581458015.5178 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-19T19:37:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-19T17:37:15Z", "ms": 1592588235392.3545 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 113, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 06:10 on Thu 18 Jun to 07:32 on Fri 19 Jun.", "fact": "2020-06-18T04:09:54Z → 2020-06-19T05:31:40Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:44–19:37 on the 18th, 17:44–19:37 on the 19th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 113 of 113 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 113 on the 19th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 36758 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 18 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Thursday 18 June. Trayodaśī runs from 06:10 on Thu 18 Jun to 07:32 on Fri 19 Jun and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-06-18", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-06-19", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-06-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 22799, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-06-19T07:31:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-19T05:31:40Z", "ms": 1592544699628.4753 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-20T08:22:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-20T06:22:29Z", "ms": 1592634148722.616 }, "month": { "amanta": 2, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Jyeṣṭha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-06-19T07:31:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-19T05:31:40Z", "ms": 1592544699628.4753 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-20T08:22:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-20T06:22:29Z", "ms": 1592634148722.616 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-06-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-19T00:23:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-18T22:23:40Z", "ms": 1592519020417.3281 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-19T01:11:40+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-18T23:11:40Z", "ms": 1592521900417.3281 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-06-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-20T00:23:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-19T22:23:53Z", "ms": 1592605433178.6553 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-20T01:11:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-19T23:11:53Z", "ms": 1592608313178.6553 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 07:32 on Fri 19 Jun to 08:22 on Sat 20 Jun.", "fact": "2020-06-19T05:31:40Z → 2020-06-20T06:22:29Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:24–01:12 on the 18th, 00:24–01:12 on the 19th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. 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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": "2020-06-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Friday 19 June. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 14083 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rathayātrā, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 22 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rathayatra", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 2 Rathayatra (paraviddha, special when combined with naksatra 'Pusya')" } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Puṣya nakṣatra; the nakṣatra is not tested.", "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rathayātrā 2020 falls on Monday 22 June. Dvitīyā runs from 08:30 on Mon 22 Jun to 07:50 on Tue 23 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2020-06-24", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-06-24", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 20415, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-06-24T06:44:37+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-24T04:44:37Z", "ms": 1592973877405.171 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-25T05:18:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-25T03:18:00Z", "ms": 1593055079628.3525 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-06-24T06:44:37+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-24T04:44:37Z", "ms": 1592973877405.171 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-25T05:18:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-25T03:18:00Z", "ms": 1593055079628.3525 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-06-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-24T12:24:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-24T10:24:53Z", "ms": 1592994292564.7695 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-24T13:12:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-24T11:12:53Z", "ms": 1592997172564.7695 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-06-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-25T12:25:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-25T10:25:06Z", "ms": 1593080705638.0645 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-25T13:13:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-25T11:13:06Z", "ms": 1593083585638.0645 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 06:45 on Wed 24 Jun to 05:18 on Thu 25 Jun.", "fact": "2020-06-24T04:44:37Z → 2020-06-25T03:18:00Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:25–13:13 on the 24th, 12:25–13:13 on the 25th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 20415 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 24 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vināyaka Caturthī 2020 falls on Wednesday 24 June. Caturthī runs from 06:45 on Wed 24 Jun to 05:18 on Thu 25 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2020-06-24", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/skanda-panchami", "festival": "skanda-panchami", "name": "Skanda Pañcamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-06-25", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 25626, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 4, "key": "panchami", "name": "Pañcamī", "start": { "local": "2020-06-25T05:18:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-25T03:18:00Z", "ms": 1593055079628.3525 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-26T03:33:23+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-26T01:33:23Z", "ms": 1593135202685.5566 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-06-25T05:18:00+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-25T03:18:00Z", "ms": 1593055079628.3525 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-26T03:33:23+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-26T01:33:23Z", "ms": 1593135202685.5566 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-06-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-25T12:25:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-25T10:25:06Z", "ms": 1593080705638.0645 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-25T13:13:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-25T11:13:06Z", "ms": 1593083585638.0645 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-06-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-26T12:25:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-26T10:25:19Z", "ms": 1593167118553.4849 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-26T13:13:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-26T11:13:19Z", "ms": 1593169998553.4849 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pañcamī runs from 05:18 on Thu 25 Jun to 03:33 on Fri 26 Jun.", "fact": "2020-06-25T03:18:00Z → 2020-06-26T01:33:23Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:25–13:13 on the 25th, 12:25–13:13 on the 26th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 25626 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Skanda Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 25 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "skanda-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Skanda pancami (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Skanda Pañcamī 2020 falls on Thursday 25 June. Pañcamī runs from 05:18 on Thu 25 Jun to 03:33 on Fri 26 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/vivasvat-saptami", "festival": "vivasvat-saptami", "name": "Vivasvat Saptamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-06-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 36627, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 6, "key": "saptami", "name": "Saptamī", "start": { "local": "2020-06-27T01:34:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-26T23:34:15Z", "ms": 1593214454932.6008 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-27T23:23:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-27T21:23:58Z", "ms": 1593293038263.0225 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-06-27T01:34:15+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-26T23:34:15Z", "ms": 1593214454932.6008 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-27T23:23:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-27T21:23:58Z", "ms": 1593293038263.0225 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-06-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-26T12:25:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-26T10:25:19Z", "ms": 1593167118553.4849 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-26T13:13:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-26T11:13:19Z", "ms": 1593169998553.4849 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-06-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-27T12:25:31+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-27T10:25:31Z", "ms": 1593253531284.9536 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-27T13:13:31+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-27T11:13:31Z", "ms": 1593256411284.9536 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Saptamī runs from 01:34 on Sat 27 Jun to 23:24 on Sat 27 Jun.", "fact": "2020-06-26T23:34:15Z → 2020-06-27T21:23:58Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:25–13:13 on the 26th, 12:26–13:14 on the 27th.", "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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 36627 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vivasvat Saptamī, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 27 June.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vivasvat-saptami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 102", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Vivasvat saptami (purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-06-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vivasvat Saptamī 2020 falls on Saturday 27 June. Saptamī runs from 01:34 on Sat 27 Jun to 23:24 on Sat 27 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-07-01", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Hariśayanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-07-01", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 22038, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-06-30T16:20:02+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-30T14:20:02Z", "ms": 1593526801805.4963 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-01T13:59:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-01T11:59:52Z", "ms": 1593604792482.9524 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-06-30T16:20:02+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-30T14:20:02Z", "ms": 1593526801805.4963 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-01T13:59:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-01T11:59:52Z", "ms": 1593604792482.9524 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-06-30", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-06-30T07:52:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-30T05:52:36Z", "ms": 1593496356162.1147 }, "end": { "local": "2020-06-30T07:52:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-06-30T05:52:36Z", "ms": 1593496356162.1147 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-07-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-01T07:52:35+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-01T05:52:35Z", "ms": 1593582754514.3408 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-01T07:52:35+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-01T05:52:35Z", "ms": 1593582754514.3408 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 16:20 on Tue 30 Jun to 14:00 on Wed 1 Jul.", "fact": "2020-06-30T14:20:02Z → 2020-07-01T11:59:52Z" }, { "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 not on the 30th and is 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 22038 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Hariśayanī Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 1 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": "2020-07-01", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-01", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Hariśayanī Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Wednesday 1 July. 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It covers 113 of 113 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. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 21676 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 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": "2020-07-02", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-02", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Thursday 2 July. Trayodaśī runs from 11:47 on Thu 2 Jul to 09:47 on Fri 3 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-07-02", "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/2020/vyasa-puja", "festival": "vyasa-puja", "name": "Vyāsa Pūjā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-07-04", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "absent-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 717, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2020-07-04T08:04:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T06:04:17Z", "ms": 1593842657101.5378 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-05T06:44:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T04:44:25Z", "ms": 1593924264691.6958 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-07-04T08:04:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T06:04:17Z", "ms": 1593842657101.5378 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-05T06:44:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T04:44:25Z", "ms": 1593924264691.6958 } }, "kaala": "udaya-3", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-07-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-04T07:52:20+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T05:52:20Z", "ms": 1593841940044.7747 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-04T09:51:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T07:51:45Z", "ms": 1593849105378.6794 } }, "covered_min": 107, "window_min": 119, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-07-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-05T07:52:12+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T05:52:12Z", "ms": 1593928332036.2764 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-05T09:51:45+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T07:51:45Z", "ms": 1593935504773.8296 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 120, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "tithi-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 08:04 on Sat 4 Jul to 06:44 on Sun 5 Jul.", "fact": "2020-07-04T06:04:17Z → 2020-07-05T04:44:25Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:52–09:52 on the 4th, 07:52–09:52 on the 5th.", "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. It covers 107 of 119 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 120 on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 717 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vyāsa Pūjā, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 4 July.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vyasa-puja", "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 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini)." } ], "kaala": "udaya-3", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-04", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-04", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vyāsa Pūjā 2020 falls on Saturday 4 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:04 on Sat 4 Jul to 06:44 on Sun 5 Jul, and reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/guru-purnima", "festival": "guru-purnima", "name": "Guru Pūrṇimā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-07-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 15756, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2020-07-04T08:04:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T06:04:17Z", "ms": 1593842657101.5378 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-05T06:44:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T04:44:25Z", "ms": 1593924264691.6958 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-07-04T08:04:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T06:04:17Z", "ms": 1593842657101.5378 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-05T06:44:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T04:44:25Z", "ms": 1593924264691.6958 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-07-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-04T12:26:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T10:26:53Z", "ms": 1593858413379.5366 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-04T13:14:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T11:14:53Z", "ms": 1593861293379.5366 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-07-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-05T12:27:04+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T10:27:04Z", "ms": 1593944823880.1592 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-05T13:15:04+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T11:15:04Z", "ms": 1593947703880.1592 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 08:04 on Sat 4 Jul to 06:44 on Sun 5 Jul.", "fact": "2020-07-04T06:04:17Z → 2020-07-05T04:44:25Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:27–13:15 on the 4th, 12:27–13:15 on the 5th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. 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Pūrṇimā runs from 08:04 on Sat 4 Jul to 06:44 on Sun 5 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/kokila-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/2020/shiva-shayanotsava", "festival": "shiva-shayanotsava", "name": "Śiva Śayanotsava", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-07-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 35110, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2020-07-04T08:04:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T06:04:17Z", "ms": 1593842657101.5378 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-05T06:44:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T04:44:25Z", "ms": 1593924264691.6958 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 3, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Āṣāḍha" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-07-04T08:04:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T06:04:17Z", "ms": 1593842657101.5378 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-05T06:44:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T04:44:25Z", "ms": 1593924264691.6958 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-07-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-04T17:49:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T15:49:27Z", "ms": 1593877766714.2983 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-04T19:41:49+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-04T17:41:49Z", "ms": 1593884508757.2288 } }, "covered_min": 112, "window_min": 112, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-07-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-05T17:49:56+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T15:49:56Z", "ms": 1593964195724.042 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-05T19:42:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-05T17:42:13Z", "ms": 1593970932618.536 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 112, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 08:04 on Sat 4 Jul to 06:44 on Sun 5 Jul.", "fact": "2020-07-04T06:04:17Z → 2020-07-05T04:44:25Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:49–19:42 on the 4th, 17:50–19:42 on the 5th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. 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It is not on the 5th and is on the 6th.", "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 37259 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha), Cape Town, 2020: Monday 6 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": "2020-07-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha) 2020 falls on Monday 6 July. 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It is not on the 7th and is on the 8th.", "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 34095 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 8 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. It is called Angaraka caturthi if it falls on Tuesday." } ], "not_evaluated": "It is called Aṅgāraka Caturthī when it falls on a Tuesday; the weekday is not tested.", "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-08", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-08", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2020 falls on Wednesday 8 July. Caturthī runs from 05:49 on Wed 8 Jul to 06:42 on Thu 9 Jul and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-07-08", "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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-07-16", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Kāmikā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-07-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 39641, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-07-15T18:50:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-15T16:50:05Z", "ms": 1594831805232.7783 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-16T20:15:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-16T18:15:24Z", "ms": 1594923324018.2188 }, "month": { "amanta": 3, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āṣāḍha", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-07-15T18:50:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-15T16:50:05Z", "ms": 1594831805232.7783 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-16T20:15:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-16T18:15:24Z", "ms": 1594923324018.2188 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-07-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-15T07:49:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-15T05:49:24Z", "ms": 1594792164401.8303 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-15T07:49:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-15T05:49:24Z", "ms": 1594792164401.8303 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-07-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-16T07:48:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-16T05:48:59Z", "ms": 1594878538942.0337 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-16T07:48:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-16T05:48:59Z", "ms": 1594878538942.0337 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 18:50 on Wed 15 Jul to 20:15 on Thu 16 Jul.", "fact": "2020-07-15T16:50:05Z → 2020-07-16T18:15:24Z" }, { "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. 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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": "2020-07-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kāmikā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Thursday 16 July. 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It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 17th and 111 of 111 on the 18th.", "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 4565 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 18 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": "2020-07-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Saturday 18 July. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 11799 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 18 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Saturday 18 July. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 999 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Madhusravā Tṛtīyā, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 23 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "madhusrava-tritiya", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Madhusrava (Gujerat) (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Madhusravā Tṛtīyā (Hariyali Teej) 2020 falls on Thursday 23 July. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 5057 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Nāga Pañcamī, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 24 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "naga-panchami", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 5 Naga pancami (paraviddha)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Nāga Pañcamī 2020 falls on Friday 24 July. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-30", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-30", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Putradā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Thursday 30 July. 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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. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 21341 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 31 July.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "damodara-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-31", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2020 falls on Friday 31 July. Dvādaśī runs from 20:20 on Thu 30 Jul to 19:13 on Fri 31 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-07-31", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-07-31", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 1080, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-07-31T19:12:33+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-31T17:12:33Z", "ms": 1596215552763.0537 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-01T18:24:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-01T16:24:50Z", "ms": 1596299090000.003 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-07-31T19:12:33+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-31T17:12:33Z", "ms": 1596215552763.0537 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-01T18:24:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-01T16:24:50Z", "ms": 1596299090000.003 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-07-31", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-07-31T18:06:08+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-31T16:06:08Z", "ms": 1596211568374.7356 }, "end": { "local": "2020-07-31T19:54:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-07-31T17:54:29Z", "ms": 1596218069319.654 } }, "covered_min": 42, "window_min": 108, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-01", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-01T18:06:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-01T16:06:50Z", "ms": 1596298010218.25 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-01T19:54:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-01T17:54:59Z", "ms": 1596304498849.834 } }, "covered_min": 18, "window_min": 108, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 19:13 on Fri 31 Jul to 18:25 on Sat 1 Aug.", "fact": "2020-07-31T17:12:33Z → 2020-08-01T16:24:50Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:06–19:54 on the 31st, 18:07–19:55 on the 1st.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 42 of 108 minutes on the 31st and 18 of 108 on the 1st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1080 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 31 July.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-31", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-07-31", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Friday 31 July. Trayodaśī runs from 19:13 on Fri 31 Jul to 18:25 on Sat 1 Aug and covers 42 of 108 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 18 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-07-31", "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/2020/raksha-bandhana", "festival": "raksha-bandhana", "name": "Rakṣā Bandhana", "everyday": "Rakhi", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-03", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 6073, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2020-08-02T17:59:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-02T15:59:25Z", "ms": 1596383964824.7014 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-03T17:58:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-03T15:58:46Z", "ms": 1596470326036.7922 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "second-half", "start": { "local": "2020-08-03T05:55:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-03T03:55:50Z", "ms": 1596426950082.693 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-03T17:58:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-03T15:58:46Z", "ms": 1596470326036.7922 } }, "kaala": "day", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-02T07:37:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-02T05:37:55Z", "ms": 1596346674955.1296 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-03T07:37:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-03T05:37:03Z", "ms": 1596433023144.0713 } }, "covered_min": 101, "window_min": 1439, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-03T07:37:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-03T05:37:03Z", "ms": 1596433023144.0713 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-04T07:36:10+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-04T05:36:10Z", "ms": 1596519370053.9272 } }, "covered_min": 622, "window_min": 1439, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 17:59 on Sun 2 Aug to 17:59 on Mon 3 Aug. Its second half begins at 05:56 on Mon 3 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-02T15:59:25Z → 2020-08-03T15:58:46Z · second half from 2020-08-03T03:55:50Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "The day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise: from 07:38 on the 2nd, and from 07:37 on the 3rd.", "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 101 of 1439 minutes on the 2nd and 622 of 1439 on the 3rd.", "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 6073 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rakṣā Bandhana, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 3 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": "2020-08-03", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-03", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rakṣā Bandhana (Rakhi) 2020 falls on Monday 3 August. The second half of Pūrṇimā runs from 05:56 on Mon 3 Aug to 17:59 on Mon 3 Aug and falls on two days: 622 minutes of it on the 3rd, 101 on the 2nd; 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/2020/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/2020/rishi-tarpana", "festival": "rishi-tarpana", "name": "Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-03", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 16927, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 14, "key": "purnima", "name": "Pūrṇimā", "start": { "local": "2020-08-02T17:59:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-02T15:59:25Z", "ms": 1596383964824.7014 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-03T17:58:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-03T15:58:46Z", "ms": 1596470326036.7922 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 4, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-02T17:59:25+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-02T15:59:25Z", "ms": 1596383964824.7014 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-03T17:58:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-03T15:58:46Z", "ms": 1596470326036.7922 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-02", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-02T12:28:44+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-02T10:28:44Z", "ms": 1596364123554.6929 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-02T13:16:44+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-02T11:16:44Z", "ms": 1596367003554.6929 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-08-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-03T12:28:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-03T10:28:39Z", "ms": 1596450518656.3608 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-03T13:16:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-03T11:16:39Z", "ms": 1596453398656.3608 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pūrṇimā runs from 17:59 on Sun 2 Aug to 17:59 on Mon 3 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-02T15:59:25Z → 2020-08-03T15:58:46Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:29–13:17 on the 2nd, 12:29–13:17 on the 3rd.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.", "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 16927 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 3 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": "2020-08-03", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-03", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ṛṣi Tarpaṇa 2020 falls on Monday 3 August. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:59 on Sun 2 Aug to 17:59 on Mon 3 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/ashunya-shayana-vrata", "festival": "ashunya-shayana-vrata", "name": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2128, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 16, "key": "dvitiya", "name": "Dvitīyā", "start": { "local": "2020-08-04T18:25:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-04T16:25:19Z", "ms": 1596558319204.0122 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-05T19:20:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-05T17:20:48Z", "ms": 1596648048017.4028 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-04T18:25:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-04T16:25:19Z", "ms": 1596558319204.0122 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-05T19:20:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-05T17:20:48Z", "ms": 1596648048017.4028 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-04T19:00:47+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-04T17:00:47Z", "ms": 1596560447477.5872 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-04T19:00:47+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-04T17:00:47Z", "ms": 1596560447477.5872 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-05T19:59:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-05T17:59:53Z", "ms": 1596650392575.022 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-05T19:59:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-05T17:59:53Z", "ms": 1596650392575.022 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Dvitīyā runs from 18:25 on Tue 4 Aug to 19:21 on Wed 5 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-04T16:25:19Z → 2020-08-05T17:20:48Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 19:01 on the 4th and 20:00 on the 5th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Dvitīyā must be current at moonrise. It is on the 4th and is not on the 5th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 2128 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aśūnya Śayana Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 4 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": "2020-08-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aśūnya Śayana Vrata 2020 falls on Tuesday 4 August. Dvitīyā runs from 18:25 on Tue 4 Aug to 19:21 on Wed 5 Aug and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/kajjali-tritiya", "festival": "kajjali-tritiya", "name": "Kajjalī Tṛtīyā", "everyday": "Kajari Teej", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-06", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 21861, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 17, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "2020-08-05T19:20:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-05T17:20:48Z", "ms": 1596648048017.4028 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-06T20:45:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T18:45:22Z", "ms": 1596739522382.0488 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-05T19:20:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-05T17:20:48Z", "ms": 1596648048017.4028 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-06T20:45:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T18:45:22Z", "ms": 1596739522382.0488 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-05T12:28:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-05T10:28:27Z", "ms": 1596623307046.2131 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-05T13:16:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-05T11:16:27Z", "ms": 1596626187046.2131 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-08-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-06T12:28:20+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T10:28:20Z", "ms": 1596709700348.3555 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-06T13:16:20+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T11:16:20Z", "ms": 1596712580348.3555 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 19:21 on Wed 5 Aug to 20:45 on Thu 6 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-05T17:20:48Z → 2020-08-06T18:45:22Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:28–13:16 on the 5th, 12:28–13:16 on the 6th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Tṛtīyā 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. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 21861 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kajjalī Tṛtīyā, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 6 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": "2020-08-06", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-06", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kajjalī Tṛtīyā (Kajari Teej) 2020 falls on Thursday 6 August. Tṛtīyā runs from 19:21 on Wed 5 Aug to 20:45 on Thu 6 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/kajjali-tritiya", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-08-06", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-06", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "tie-break-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 703, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-06T20:45:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T18:45:22Z", "ms": 1596739522382.0488 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-07T22:36:41+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-07T20:36:41Z", "ms": 1596832601484.7483 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-06T20:45:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T18:45:22Z", "ms": 1596739522382.0488 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-07T22:36:41+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-07T20:36:41Z", "ms": 1596832601484.7483 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-06T20:57:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T18:57:05Z", "ms": 1596740225494.1084 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-06T20:57:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T18:57:05Z", "ms": 1596740225494.1084 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-07T21:52:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-07T19:52:42Z", "ms": 1596829962224.6155 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-07T21:52:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-07T19:52:42Z", "ms": 1596829962224.6155 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "greater-coverage", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 20:45 on Thu 6 Aug to 22:37 on Fri 7 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-06T18:45:22Z → 2020-08-07T20:36:41Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 20:57 on the 6th and 21:53 on the 7th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 6th and is on the 7th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both moonrises qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 703 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 6 August.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-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": "2020-08-06", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-06", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī 2020 falls on Thursday 6 August. Caturthī runs from 20:45 on Thu 6 Aug to 22:37 on Fri 7 Aug and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-08-06", "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/2020/bahula-chaturthi", "festival": "bahula-chaturthi", "name": "Bahulā Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-07", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 9302, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-06T20:45:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T18:45:22Z", "ms": 1596739522382.0488 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-07T22:36:41+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-07T20:36:41Z", "ms": 1596832601484.7483 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-06T20:45:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T18:45:22Z", "ms": 1596739522382.0488 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-07T22:36:41+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-07T20:36:41Z", "ms": 1596832601484.7483 } }, "kaala": "sayahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-06T16:03:08+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T14:03:08Z", "ms": 1596722588474.214 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-06T18:10:21+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-06T16:10:21Z", "ms": 1596730220558.1199 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 127, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-08-07", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-07T16:03:31+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-07T14:03:31Z", "ms": 1596809010885.4238 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-07T18:11:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-07T16:11:03Z", "ms": 1596816662765.654 } }, "covered_min": 128, "window_min": 128, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 20:45 on Thu 6 Aug to 22:37 on Fri 7 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-06T18:45:22Z → 2020-08-07T20:36:41Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:10 on the 6th, 16:04–18:11 on the 7th.", "fact": "sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 127 minutes on the 6th and 128 of 128 on the 7th.", "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 9302 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bahulā Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 7 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": "2020-08-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Bahulā Caturthī 2020 falls on Friday 7 August. Caturthī runs from 20:45 on Thu 6 Aug to 22:37 on Fri 7 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/hala-shashthi", "festival": "hala-shashthi", "name": "Hala Ṣaṣṭhī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-09", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33263, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 20, "key": "shashthi", "name": "Ṣaṣṭhī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-09T00:49:07+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-08T22:49:07Z", "ms": 1596926946667.2878 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-10T03:13:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T01:13:24Z", "ms": 1597022004441.3782 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-09T00:49:07+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-08T22:49:07Z", "ms": 1596926946667.2878 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-10T03:13:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T01:13:24Z", "ms": 1597022004441.3782 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-09T12:27:57+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-09T10:27:57Z", "ms": 1596968876772.7048 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-09T13:15:57+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-09T11:15:57Z", "ms": 1596971756772.7048 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-10T12:27:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T10:27:48Z", "ms": 1597055267779.2163 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-10T13:15:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T11:15:48Z", "ms": 1597058147779.2163 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:49 on Sun 9 Aug to 03:13 on Mon 10 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-08T22:49:07Z → 2020-08-10T01:13:24Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:28–13:16 on the 9th, 12:28–13:16 on the 10th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 33263 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 9 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "hala-shashthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 6 Hala sasthi (paraviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-09", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-09", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2020 falls on Sunday 9 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:49 on Sun 9 Aug to 03:13 on Mon 10 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/hala-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/2020/shitala-saptami", "festival": "shitala-saptami", "name": "Śītalā Saptamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-10", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 24620, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 21, "key": "saptami", "name": "Saptamī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-10T03:13:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T01:13:24Z", "ms": 1597022004441.3782 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-11T05:37:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-11T03:37:19Z", "ms": 1597117038645.1184 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-10T03:13:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T01:13:24Z", "ms": 1597022004441.3782 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-11T05:37:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-11T03:37:19Z", "ms": 1597117038645.1184 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-10T12:27:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T10:27:48Z", "ms": 1597055267779.2163 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-10T13:15:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T11:15:48Z", "ms": 1597058147779.2163 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-11T12:27:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-11T10:27:38Z", "ms": 1597141658231.5068 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-11T13:15:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-11T11:15:38Z", "ms": 1597144538231.5068 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Saptamī runs from 03:13 on Mon 10 Aug to 05:37 on Tue 11 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-10T01:13:24Z → 2020-08-11T03:37:19Z" }, { "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 0 of 48 on the 11th.", "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 24620 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śītalā Saptamī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 10 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": "2020-08-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śītalā Saptamī 2020 falls on Monday 10 August. Saptamī runs from 03:13 on Mon 10 Aug to 05:37 on Tue 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/janmashtami", "festival": "janmashtami", "name": "Janmāṣṭamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-11", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 15722, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 22, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-11T05:37:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-11T03:37:19Z", "ms": 1597117038645.1184 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-12T07:46:57+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-12T05:46:57Z", "ms": 1597211217290.729 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-11T05:37:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-11T03:37:19Z", "ms": 1597117038645.1184 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-12T07:46:57+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-12T05:46:57Z", "ms": 1597211217290.729 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-11T00:27:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T22:27:17Z", "ms": 1597098437114.667 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-11T01:15:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-10T23:15:17Z", "ms": 1597101317114.667 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-08-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-12T00:27:07+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-11T22:27:07Z", "ms": 1597184827029.3062 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-12T01:15:07+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-11T23:15:07Z", "ms": 1597187707029.3062 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 05:37 on Tue 11 Aug to 07:47 on Wed 12 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-11T03:37:19Z → 2020-08-12T05:46:57Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:27–01:15 on the 10th, 00:27–01:15 on the 11th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 15722 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Janmāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 11 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "janmashtami", "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 Janmastami (madhyaratra-vyapini), if midnight is covered on two days, or not on any day, it is to be observed on the 2nd day; special when combined with naksatra 'Rohini' at midnight, more so when on Monday or Wednesday. If the combination occurs before midnight and 'Rohini' extends up to midnight, it is to be observed on that day. Gokulastami." } ], "not_evaluated": "The clauses on Rohiṇī nakṣatra, the Vaiṣṇava observance on the day after saptamī, and the Assam and South India reckoning in the solar month belong to other readings and are not applied.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Janmāṣṭamī 2020 falls on Tuesday 11 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:37 on Tue 11 Aug to 07:47 on Wed 12 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/janmashtami", "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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-08-15", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Ajā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 11171, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-14T10:32:26+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-14T08:32:26Z", "ms": 1597393945679.3164 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-15T10:50:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-15T08:50:34Z", "ms": 1597481433913.0183 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-14T10:32:26+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-14T08:32:26Z", "ms": 1597393945679.3164 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-15T10:50:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-15T08:50:34Z", "ms": 1597481433913.0183 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-14T07:26:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-14T05:26:14Z", "ms": 1597382774415.0708 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-14T07:26:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-14T05:26:14Z", "ms": 1597382774415.0708 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-08-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-15T07:25:09+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-15T05:25:09Z", "ms": 1597469108935.3262 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-15T07:25:09+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-15T05:25:09Z", "ms": 1597469108935.3262 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 10:32 on Fri 14 Aug to 10:51 on Sat 15 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-14T08:32:26Z → 2020-08-15T08:50:34Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:26 on the 14th and 07:25 on the 15th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 14th and is on the 15th.", "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 11171 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ajā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 15 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": "2020-08-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ajā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Saturday 15 August. Ekādaśī runs from 10:32 on Fri 14 Aug to 10:51 on Sat 15 Aug and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-08-15", "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/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-08-16", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-16", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 28579, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-16T10:21:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-16T08:21:03Z", "ms": 1597566062972.6821 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-17T09:05:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T07:05:48Z", "ms": 1597647947788.6885 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-16T10:21:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-16T08:21:03Z", "ms": 1597566062972.6821 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-17T09:05:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T07:05:48Z", "ms": 1597647947788.6885 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-16T18:17:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-16T16:17:22Z", "ms": 1597594642449.125 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-16T20:02:07+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-16T18:02:07Z", "ms": 1597600926798.8892 } }, "covered_min": 105, "window_min": 105, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-17T18:18:04+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T16:18:04Z", "ms": 1597681084449.4941 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-17T20:02:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T18:02:34Z", "ms": 1597687354087.7505 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 104, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 10:21 on Sun 16 Aug to 09:06 on Mon 17 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-16T08:21:03Z → 2020-08-17T07:05:48Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:17–20:02 on the 16th, 18:18–20:03 on the 17th.", "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 16th and 0 of 104 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 28579 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 16 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": "2020-08-16", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-16", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Sunday 16 August. Trayodaśī runs from 10:21 on Sun 16 Aug to 09:06 on Mon 17 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-08-16", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/aghora-chaturdashi", "festival": "aghora-chaturdashi", "name": "Aghora Caturdaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-17", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 33137, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-17T09:05:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T07:05:48Z", "ms": 1597647947788.6885 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-18T07:10:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-18T05:10:06Z", "ms": 1597727406481.0146 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-17T09:05:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T07:05:48Z", "ms": 1597647947788.6885 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-18T07:10:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-18T05:10:06Z", "ms": 1597727406481.0146 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-17T18:18:04+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T16:18:04Z", "ms": 1597681084449.4941 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-17T20:02:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T18:02:34Z", "ms": 1597687354087.7505 } }, "covered_min": 104, "window_min": 104, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-18T18:18:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-18T16:18:46Z", "ms": 1597767526379.6055 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-18T20:03:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-18T18:03:01Z", "ms": 1597773781194.9536 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 104, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 09:06 on Mon 17 Aug to 07:10 on Tue 18 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-17T07:05:48Z → 2020-08-18T05:10:06Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:18–20:03 on the 17th, 18:19–20:03 on the 18th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 104 of 104 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 104 on the 18th.", "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 33137 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Aghora Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 17 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": "2020-08-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Aghora Caturdaśī 2020 falls on Monday 17 August. Caturdaśī runs from 09:06 on Mon 17 Aug to 07:10 on Tue 18 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/aghora-chaturdashi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-08-17", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-17", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 21371, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-17T09:05:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T07:05:48Z", "ms": 1597647947788.6885 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-18T07:10:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-18T05:10:06Z", "ms": 1597727406481.0146 }, "month": { "amanta": 4, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Śrāvaṇa", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-17T09:05:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T07:05:48Z", "ms": 1597647947788.6885 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-18T07:10:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-18T05:10:06Z", "ms": 1597727406481.0146 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-17T00:26:09+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-16T22:26:09Z", "ms": 1597616768760.741 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-17T01:14:09+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-16T23:14:09Z", "ms": 1597619648760.741 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-08-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-18T00:25:56+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T22:25:56Z", "ms": 1597703155592.9558 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-18T01:13:56+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-17T23:13:56Z", "ms": 1597706035592.9558 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 09:06 on Mon 17 Aug to 07:10 on Tue 18 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-17T07:05:48Z → 2020-08-18T05:10:06Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:26–01:14 on the 16th, 00:26–01:14 on the 17th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 21371 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 17 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. The tithi must cover nisitha (or pradosa in some opinion)." } ], "not_evaluated": "The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.", "kaala": "nishita", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-17", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-17", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Monday 17 August. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.", "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 27863 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rudra Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 19 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "rudra-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-19", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rudra Vrata 2020 falls on Wednesday 19 August. Pratipadā runs from 04:42 on Wed 19 Aug to 01:50 on Thu 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/rudra-vrata", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/haritalika-vrata", "festival": "haritalika-vrata", "name": "Haritālikā Vrata", "everyday": "Hartalika Teej", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-21", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 22776, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 2, "key": "tritiya", "name": "Tṛtīyā", "start": { "local": "2020-08-20T22:43:30+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-20T20:43:30Z", "ms": 1597956210397.8225 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-21T19:33:10+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-21T17:33:10Z", "ms": 1598031190471.0466 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-20T22:43:30+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-20T20:43:30Z", "ms": 1597956210397.8225 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-21T19:33:10+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-21T17:33:10Z", "ms": 1598031190471.0466 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-20T12:25:49+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-20T10:25:49Z", "ms": 1597919148681.6895 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-20T13:13:49+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-20T11:13:49Z", "ms": 1597922028681.6895 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-08-21", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-21T12:25:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-21T10:25:34Z", "ms": 1598005534022.75 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-21T13:13:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-21T11:13:34Z", "ms": 1598008414022.75 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Tṛtīyā runs from 22:44 on Thu 20 Aug to 19:33 on Fri 21 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-20T20:43:30Z → 2020-08-21T17:33:10Z" }, { "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. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 22776 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Haritālikā Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 21 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "haritalika-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 3 Haritalika vrata (paraviddha), Gauri vrata (Orissa), Gauri (Mysore)" } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-21", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-21", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) 2020 falls on Friday 21 August. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 4995 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 24 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "muktabharana-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 7 Muktabharana vrata (purvaviddha), Lalita saptami (Bengal & Orissa)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2020 falls on Monday 24 August. Saptamī runs from 11:02 on Mon 24 Aug to 08:52 on Tue 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/radhashtami", "festival": "radhashtami", "name": "Rādhāṣṭamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-25", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 12735, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 7, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-25T08:52:16+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-25T06:52:16Z", "ms": 1598338335968.8586 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-26T07:09:57+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-26T05:09:57Z", "ms": 1598418596707.9043 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-25T08:52:16+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-25T06:52:16Z", "ms": 1598338335968.8586 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-26T07:09:57+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-26T05:09:57Z", "ms": 1598418596707.9043 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-25T12:24:31+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-25T10:24:31Z", "ms": 1598351070796.8896 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-25T13:12:31+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-25T11:12:31Z", "ms": 1598353950796.8896 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-26T12:24:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-26T10:24:14Z", "ms": 1598437453903.8193 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-26T13:12:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-26T11:12:14Z", "ms": 1598440333903.8193 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 08:52 on Tue 25 Aug to 07:10 on Wed 26 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-25T06:52:16Z → 2020-08-26T05:09:57Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:25–13:13 on the 25th, 12:24–13:12 on the 26th.", "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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.", "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 12735 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Rādhāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 25 August.", "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": "2020-08-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Rādhāṣṭamī 2020 falls on Tuesday 25 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:52 on Tue 25 Aug to 07:10 on Wed 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-08-28", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Parivartanī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-08-28", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 7255, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-08-28T05:08:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-28T03:08:42Z", "ms": 1598584122007.6006 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-29T04:47:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-29T02:47:59Z", "ms": 1598669279167.3428 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 5, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Bhādrapada" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-08-28T05:08:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-28T03:08:42Z", "ms": 1598584122007.6006 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-29T04:47:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-29T02:47:59Z", "ms": 1598669279167.3428 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-08-28", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-28T07:09:37+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-28T05:09:37Z", "ms": 1598591377432.0981 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-28T07:09:37+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-28T05:09:37Z", "ms": 1598591377432.0981 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-08-29", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-08-29T07:08:20+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-29T05:08:20Z", "ms": 1598677700475.3267 }, "end": { "local": "2020-08-29T07:08:20+02:00", "utc": "2020-08-29T05:08:20Z", "ms": 1598677700475.3267 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 05:09 on Fri 28 Aug to 04:48 on Sat 29 Aug.", "fact": "2020-08-28T03:08:42Z → 2020-08-29T02:47:59Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 07:10 on the 28th and 07:08 on the 29th.", "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": "2020-08-28", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-28", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Parivartanī Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Friday 28 August. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 31446 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 30 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": "2020-08-30", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-30", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Sunday 30 August. 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It covers 136 of 136 minutes on the 31st and 0 of 137 on the 1st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one morning qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 3308 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Ananta Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 31 August.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "ananta-chaturdashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 103", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 14 Ananta caturdasi (covering three muhurtas from sunrise, but one muhurta in Bengal)." } ], "not_evaluated": "In Bengal the row asks for one muhūrta from sunrise; that reading is not applied.", "kaala": "udaya-3", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-31", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-08-31", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ananta Caturdaśī 2020 falls on Monday 31 August. Caturdaśī runs from 05:19 on Mon 31 Aug to 06:09 on Tue 1 Sep and covers all of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise that morning.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-09-05", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-09-05", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 24679, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-09-05T13:09:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-05T11:09:13Z", "ms": 1599304153296.9678 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-06T15:37:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-06T13:37:13Z", "ms": 1599399433045.5913 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-09-05T13:09:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-05T11:09:13Z", "ms": 1599304153296.9678 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-06T15:37:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-06T13:37:13Z", "ms": 1599399433045.5913 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-09-05", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-05T21:33:49+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-05T19:33:49Z", "ms": 1599334429004.588 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-05T21:33:49+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-05T19:33:49Z", "ms": 1599334429004.588 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-09-06", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-06T22:28:33+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-06T20:28:33Z", "ms": 1599424112525.225 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-06T22:28:33+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-06T20:28:33Z", "ms": 1599424112525.225 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 13:09 on Sat 5 Sep to 15:37 on Sun 6 Sep.", "fact": "2020-09-05T11:09:13Z → 2020-09-06T13:37:13Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 21:34 on the 5th and 22:29 on the 6th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 5th and is not on the 6th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24679 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 5 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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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 13644 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 7 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": "2020-09-07", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-09-07", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2020 falls on Monday 7 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:09 on Mon 7 Sep to 20:33 on Tue 8 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/mahalakshmi-vrata-samapana", "festival": "mahalakshmi-vrata-samapana", "name": "Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-09-09", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 7840, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 22, "key": "ashtami", "name": "Aṣṭamī", "start": { "local": "2020-09-09T22:36:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-09T20:36:14Z", "ms": 1599683773702.9185 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-11T00:05:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-10T22:05:18Z", "ms": 1599775517746.3289 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-09-09T22:36:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-09T20:36:14Z", "ms": 1599683773702.9185 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-11T00:05:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-10T22:05:18Z", "ms": 1599775517746.3289 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-09-09", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-10T01:18:10+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-09T23:18:10Z", "ms": 1599693490391.7144 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-10T01:18:10+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-09T23:18:10Z", "ms": 1599693490391.7144 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-09-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-11T02:15:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-11T00:15:58Z", "ms": 1599783357900.8625 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-11T02:15:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-11T00:15:58Z", "ms": 1599783357900.8625 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Aṣṭamī runs from 22:36 on Wed 9 Sep to 00:05 on Fri 11 Sep.", "fact": "2020-09-09T20:36:14Z → 2020-09-10T22:05:18Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 01:18 on the 9th and 02:16 on the 10th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 9th and is not on the 10th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 7840 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 9 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": "2020-09-09", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-09-09", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana 2020 falls on Wednesday 9 September. 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It covers 0 of 98 minutes on the 9th and 98 of 98 on the 10th.", "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 8638 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Jitāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 10 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": "2020-09-10", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-09-10", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2020 falls on Thursday 10 September. 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It is on the 13th and is not on the 14th.", "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 21820 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Indirā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 13 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": "2020-09-13", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-09-13", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Indirā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Sunday 13 September. Ekādaśī runs from 00:44 on Sun 13 Sep to 23:47 on Sun 13 Sep and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-09-13", "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/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-09-15", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-09-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 2651, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-09-14T22:00:02+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-14T20:00:02Z", "ms": 1600113602049.3884 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-15T19:30:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-15T17:30:29Z", "ms": 1600191029403.5557 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-09-14T22:00:02+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-14T20:00:02Z", "ms": 1600113602049.3884 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-15T19:30:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-15T17:30:29Z", "ms": 1600191029403.5557 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-09-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-14T18:37:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-14T16:37:11Z", "ms": 1600101430956.2153 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-14T20:14:16+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-14T18:14:16Z", "ms": 1600107256420.5823 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 97, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-09-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-15T18:37:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-15T16:37:52Z", "ms": 1600187871894.4104 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-15T20:14:41+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-15T18:14:41Z", "ms": 1600193680754.796 } }, "covered_min": 53, "window_min": 97, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 22:00 on Mon 14 Sep to 19:30 on Tue 15 Sep.", "fact": "2020-09-14T20:00:02Z → 2020-09-15T17:30:29Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:37–20:14 on the 14th, 18:38–20:15 on the 15th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 97 minutes on the 14th and 53 of 97 on the 15th.", "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 2651 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 15 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": "2020-09-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-09-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Tuesday 15 September. Trayodaśī runs from 22:00 on Mon 14 Sep to 19:30 on Tue 15 Sep and covers 53 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-09-15", "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/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-09-15", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-09-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 17186, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-09-15T19:30:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-15T17:30:29Z", "ms": 1600191029403.5557 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-16T16:27:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-16T14:27:05Z", "ms": 1600266425057.0837 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-09-15T19:30:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-15T17:30:29Z", "ms": 1600191029403.5557 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-16T16:27:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-16T14:27:05Z", "ms": 1600266425057.0837 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-09-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-16T00:16:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-15T22:16:55Z", "ms": 1600208215120.856 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-16T01:04:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-15T23:04:55Z", "ms": 1600211095120.856 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-09-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-17T00:16:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-16T22:16:34Z", "ms": 1600294593788.856 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-17T01:04:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-16T23:04:34Z", "ms": 1600297473788.856 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 19:30 on Tue 15 Sep to 16:27 on Wed 16 Sep.", "fact": "2020-09-15T17:30:29Z → 2020-09-16T14:27:05Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:17–01:05 on the 15th, 00:17–01:05 on the 16th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 17186 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Tuesday 15 September.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. 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": "2020-09-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-09-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Tuesday 15 September. Caturdaśī runs from 19:30 on Tue 15 Sep to 16:27 on Wed 16 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-09-15", "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/2020/mahalaya-amavasya", "festival": "mahalaya-amavasya", "name": "Mahālaya Amāvāsyā", "everyday": "Sarvapitṛ Amāvāsyā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-09-16", "confidence": "boundary", "boundary_reasons": [ "absent-unstated" ], "boundary_margin_s": 687, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 29, "key": "amavasya", "name": "Amāvasyā", "start": { "local": "2020-09-16T16:27:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-16T14:27:05Z", "ms": 1600266425057.0837 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-17T13:00:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-17T11:00:13Z", "ms": 1600340412642.038 }, "month": { "amanta": 5, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Bhādrapada", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-09-16T16:27:05+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-16T14:27:05Z", "ms": 1600266425057.0837 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-17T13:00:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-17T11:00:13Z", "ms": 1600340412642.038 } }, "kaala": "aparahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-09-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-16T13:52:43+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-16T11:52:43Z", "ms": 1600257163096.6484 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-16T16:15:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-16T14:15:38Z", "ms": 1600265738013.0974 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 143, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-09-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-17T13:52:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-17T11:52:34Z", "ms": 1600343554300.101 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-17T16:15:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-17T14:15:54Z", "ms": 1600352154184.0796 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 143, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "tithi-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Amāvasyā runs from 16:27 on Wed 16 Sep to 13:00 on Thu 17 Sep.", "fact": "2020-09-16T14:27:05Z → 2020-09-17T11:00:13Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Aparāhṇa is 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas: 13:53–16:16 on the 16th, 13:53–16:16 on the 17th.", "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 143 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 143 on the 17th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Neither afternoon qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.", "fact": "priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 687 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahālaya Amāvāsyā, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 16 September.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)" } ], "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": "2020-09-16", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-09-16", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahālaya Amāvāsyā 2020 falls on Wednesday 16 September. Amāvasyā runs from 16:27 on Wed 16 Sep to 13:00 on Thu 17 Sep, and reaches aparāhṇa on neither day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/mahalaya-amavasya", "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/2020/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2020-09-20", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-09-20", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 35613, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-09-20T02:09:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-20T00:09:24Z", "ms": 1600560563581.6123 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-20T22:57:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-20T20:57:24Z", "ms": 1600635443684.9463 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": true, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-09-20T02:09:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-20T00:09:24Z", "ms": 1600560563581.6123 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-20T22:57:24+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-20T20:57:24Z", "ms": 1600635443684.9463 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-09-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-19T12:16:12+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-19T10:16:12Z", "ms": 1600510571851.983 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-19T13:04:12+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-19T11:04:12Z", "ms": 1600513451851.983 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-09-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-09-20T12:15:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-20T10:15:51Z", "ms": 1600596950656.9526 }, "end": { "local": "2020-09-20T13:03:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-09-20T11:03:51Z", "ms": 1600599830656.9526 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 02:09 on Sun 20 Sep to 22:57 on Sun 20 Sep.", "fact": "2020-09-20T00:09:24Z → 2020-09-20T20:57:24Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:16–13:04 on the 19th, 12:16–13:04 on the 20th.", "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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.", "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 35613 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 20 September.", "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. 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The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.", "fact": "priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 953 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 28 September.", "fact": "confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "pradosha-vrata", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "Pradosa-vrata — The sukla and krsna trayodasi tithis of each month when cover the period of 'pradosa', are observed as Pradosa-vratas." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-09-28", "confidence": "boundary" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-09-28", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Monday 28 September. Trayodaśī runs from 17:29 on Mon 28 Sep to 19:04 on Tue 29 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. 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It covers 0 of 89 minutes on the 13th and 89 of 89 on the 14th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. 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Trayodaśī runs from 08:21 on Wed 14 Oct to 05:04 on Thu 15 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-10-14", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-10-15", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-10-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1644, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-10-15T05:03:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-15T03:03:34Z", "ms": 1602731014072.7095 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-16T01:23:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-15T23:23:03Z", "ms": 1602804182661.7993 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": true, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-10-15T05:03:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-15T03:03:34Z", "ms": 1602731014072.7095 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-16T01:23:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-15T23:23:03Z", "ms": 1602804182661.7993 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-10-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-15T00:07:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-14T22:07:51Z", "ms": 1602713271396.6343 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-15T00:55:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-14T22:55:51Z", "ms": 1602716151396.6343 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-10-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-16T00:07:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-15T22:07:39Z", "ms": 1602799658500.417 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-16T00:55:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-15T22:55:39Z", "ms": 1602802538500.417 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 05:04 on Thu 15 Oct to 01:23 on Fri 16 Oct.", "fact": "2020-10-15T03:03:34Z → 2020-10-15T23:23:03Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:08–00:56 on the 14th, 00:08–00:56 on the 15th.", "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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.", "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 1644 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 15 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": "2020-10-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-10-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Thursday 15 October. Caturdaśī runs from 05:04 on Thu 15 Oct to 01:23 on Fri 16 Oct and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-10-15", "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/2020/navaratra-arambha", "festival": "navaratra-arambha", "name": "Navarātrārambha", "everyday": "Navratri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-10-17", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 16987, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 0, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2020-10-16T21:31:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-16T19:31:03Z", "ms": 1602876662970.2515 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-17T17:38:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-17T15:38:58Z", "ms": 1602949138330.0237 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-10-16T21:31:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-16T19:31:03Z", "ms": 1602876662970.2515 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-17T17:38:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-17T15:38:58Z", "ms": 1602949138330.0237 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-10-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-16T12:08:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-16T10:08:03Z", "ms": 1602842882976.4946 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-16T12:56:03+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-16T10:56:03Z", "ms": 1602845762976.4946 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-10-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-17T12:07:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-17T10:07:51Z", "ms": 1602929270865.3481 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-17T12:55:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-17T10:55:51Z", "ms": 1602932150865.3481 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 21:31 on Fri 16 Oct to 17:39 on Sat 17 Oct.", "fact": "2020-10-16T19:31:03Z → 2020-10-17T15:38:58Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 16th, 12:08–12:56 on the 17th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. 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Pratipadā runs from 21:31 on Fri 16 Oct to 17:39 on Sat 17 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2020-10-19", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-10-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 5351, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-10-19T10:38:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-19T08:38:17Z", "ms": 1603096697387.721 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-20T07:49:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-20T05:49:14Z", "ms": 1603172953564.7275 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-10-19T10:38:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-19T08:38:17Z", "ms": 1603096697387.721 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-20T07:49:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-20T05:49:14Z", "ms": 1603172953564.7275 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-10-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-19T12:07:28+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-19T10:07:28Z", "ms": 1603102048445.025 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-19T12:55:28+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-19T10:55:28Z", "ms": 1603104928445.025 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-10-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-20T12:07:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-20T10:07:18Z", "ms": 1603188438159.1748 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-20T12:55:18+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-20T10:55:18Z", "ms": 1603191318159.1748 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 10:38 on Mon 19 Oct to 07:49 on Tue 20 Oct.", "fact": "2020-10-19T08:38:17Z → 2020-10-20T05:49:14Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 19th, 12:07–12:55 on the 20th.", "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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.", "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 5351 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Monday 19 October.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 6372 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Durgā Saptamī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 22 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": "2020-10-22", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-10-22", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Durgā Saptamī 2020 falls on Thursday 22 October. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 31045 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahāṣṭamī, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 23 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": "2020-10-23", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-10-23", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2020 falls on Friday 23 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:27 on Fri 23 Oct to 03:29 on Sat 24 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/mahashtami", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/mahanavami", "festival": "mahanavami", "name": "Mahānavamī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-10-24", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 28460, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 8, "key": "navami", "name": "Navamī", "start": { "local": "2020-10-24T03:29:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-24T01:29:19Z", "ms": 1603502958562.5159 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-25T04:12:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-25T02:12:17Z", "ms": 1603591936803.9326 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-10-24T03:29:19+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-24T01:29:19Z", "ms": 1603502958562.5159 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-25T04:12:17+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-25T02:12:17Z", "ms": 1603591936803.9326 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-10-24", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-24T12:06:43+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-24T10:06:43Z", "ms": 1603534003480.764 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-24T12:54:43+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-24T10:54:43Z", "ms": 1603536883480.764 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-10-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-25T12:06:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-25T10:06:36Z", "ms": 1603620396498.812 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-25T12:54:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-25T10:54:36Z", "ms": 1603623276498.812 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Navamī runs from 03:29 on Sat 24 Oct to 04:12 on Sun 25 Oct.", "fact": "2020-10-24T01:29:19Z → 2020-10-25T02:12:17Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 24th, 12:07–12:55 on the 25th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.", "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 28460 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mahānavamī, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 24 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": "2020-10-24", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-10-24", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mahānavamī 2020 falls on Saturday 24 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": "2020-10-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-10-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2020 falls on Sunday 25 October. Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time on neither day, so madhyāhna decides. Daśamī runs from 04:12 on Sun 25 Oct to 05:31 on Mon 26 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-10-27", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-10-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1278, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-10-26T05:30:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-26T03:30:32Z", "ms": 1603683031701.7847 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-27T07:17:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-27T05:17:01Z", "ms": 1603775821062.0793 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 6, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Āśvina" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-10-26T05:30:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-26T03:30:32Z", "ms": 1603683031701.7847 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-27T07:17:01+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-27T05:17:01Z", "ms": 1603775821062.0793 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-10-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-26T05:51:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-26T03:51:50Z", "ms": 1603684309942.7937 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-26T05:51:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-26T03:51:50Z", "ms": 1603684309942.7937 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-10-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-10-27T05:50:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-27T03:50:46Z", "ms": 1603770645716.2437 }, "end": { "local": "2020-10-27T05:50:46+02:00", "utc": "2020-10-27T03:50:46Z", "ms": 1603770645716.2437 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "paraviddha", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 05:31 on Mon 26 Oct to 07:17 on Tue 27 Oct.", "fact": "2020-10-26T03:30:32Z → 2020-10-27T05:17:01Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:52 on the 26th and 05:51 on the 27th.", "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": "2020-10-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-10-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Tuesday 27 October. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26744 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 28 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": "2020-10-28", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-10-28", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Wednesday 28 October. 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It is not on the 3rd and is on the 4th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 6735 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Karaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 4 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "karaka-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 4 Karaka caturthi (current at moon-rise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)" } ], "kaala": "moonrise", "priority": "purvaviddha", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-04", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-04", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2020 falls on Wednesday 4 November. Caturthī runs from 23:55 on Tue 3 Nov to 01:45 on Thu 5 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/karaka-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/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-11-04", "festival": "sankashta-chaturthi", "name": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-11-04", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 6735, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 18, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-11-03T23:54:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-03T21:54:54Z", "ms": 1604440493886.6274 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-05T01:44:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-04T23:44:58Z", "ms": 1604533498494.4248 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-11-03T23:54:54+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-03T21:54:54Z", "ms": 1604440493886.6274 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-05T01:44:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-04T23:44:58Z", "ms": 1604533498494.4248 } }, "kaala": "moonrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-11-03", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-03T22:02:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-03T20:02:39Z", "ms": 1604433758658.6313 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-03T22:02:39+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-03T20:02:39Z", "ms": 1604433758658.6313 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-11-04", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-04T22:59:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-04T20:59:13Z", "ms": 1604523553408.9072 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-04T22:59:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-04T20:59:13Z", "ms": 1604523553408.9072 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 23:55 on Tue 3 Nov to 01:45 on Thu 5 Nov.", "fact": "2020-11-03T21:54:54Z → 2020-11-04T23:44:58Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Moonrise is at 22:03 on the 3rd and 22:59 on the 4th.", "fact": "moonrise: disc centre, 31′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 3rd and is on the 4th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 6735 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Wednesday 4 November.", "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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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": "2020-11-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Ramā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Wednesday 11 November. 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It covers 81 of 81 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 81 on the 13th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5066 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Yama Dīpadāna, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 12 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "yama-dipadana", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 13 Yama dipadana (pradosa)." } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Yama Dīpadāna 2020 falls on Thursday 12 November. Trayodaśī runs from 18:00 on Thu 12 Nov to 14:29 on Fri 13 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/yama-dipadana", "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/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-11-12", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-11-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 5066, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-11-12T18:00:30+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-12T16:00:30Z", "ms": 1605196829537.8208 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-13T14:29:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T12:29:27Z", "ms": 1605270567247.2307 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-11-12T18:00:30+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-12T16:00:30Z", "ms": 1605196829537.8208 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-13T14:29:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T12:29:27Z", "ms": 1605270567247.2307 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-11-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-12T19:24:56+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-12T17:24:56Z", "ms": 1605201895842.4875 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-12T20:46:23+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-12T18:46:23Z", "ms": 1605206783127.184 } }, "covered_min": 81, "window_min": 81, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-11-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-13T19:25:53+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T17:25:53Z", "ms": 1605288353464.9858 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-13T20:47:08+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T18:47:08Z", "ms": 1605293227824.5295 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 81, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 18:00 on Thu 12 Nov to 14:29 on Fri 13 Nov.", "fact": "2020-11-12T16:00:30Z → 2020-11-13T12:29:27Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:25–20:46 on the 12th, 19:26–20:47 on the 13th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 81 of 81 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 81 on the 13th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5066 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 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": "2020-11-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Thursday 12 November. Trayodaśī runs from 18:00 on Thu 12 Nov to 14:29 on Fri 13 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-11-12", "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/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-11-13", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-11-13", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 34625, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-11-13T14:29:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T12:29:27Z", "ms": 1605270567247.2307 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-14T10:48:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-14T08:48:13Z", "ms": 1605343692866.749 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-11-13T14:29:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T12:29:27Z", "ms": 1605270567247.2307 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-14T10:48:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-14T08:48:13Z", "ms": 1605343692866.749 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-11-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-14T00:06:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T22:06:32Z", "ms": 1605305192313.275 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-14T00:54:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T22:54:32Z", "ms": 1605308072313.275 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-11-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-15T00:06:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-14T22:06:42Z", "ms": 1605391602326.4011 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-15T00:54:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-14T22:54:42Z", "ms": 1605394482326.4011 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 14:29 on Fri 13 Nov to 10:48 on Sat 14 Nov.", "fact": "2020-11-13T12:29:27Z → 2020-11-14T08:48:13Z" }, { "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": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 34625 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 13 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "shivaratri", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The krsna caturdasi in each month is called 'Sivaratri'. The chief among them is that of Magha. 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Caturdaśī runs from 14:29 on Fri 13 Nov to 10:48 on Sat 14 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-11-13", "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/2020/naraka-chaturdashi", "festival": "naraka-chaturdashi", "name": "Naraka Caturdaśī", "everyday": "Choti Diwali", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-11-14", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 18782, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-11-13T14:29:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T12:29:27Z", "ms": 1605270567247.2307 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-14T10:48:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-14T08:48:13Z", "ms": 1605343692866.749 }, "month": { "amanta": 6, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Āśvina", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-11-13T14:29:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T12:29:27Z", "ms": 1605270567247.2307 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-14T10:48:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-14T08:48:13Z", "ms": 1605343692866.749 } }, "kaala": "arunodaya", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-11-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-13T04:14:23+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T02:14:23Z", "ms": 1605233663193.0146 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-13T05:35:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-13T03:35:50Z", "ms": 1605238550477.7112 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 81, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-11-14", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-14T04:13:57+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-14T02:13:57Z", "ms": 1605320036802.0203 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-14T05:35:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-14T03:35:11Z", "ms": 1605324911161.564 } }, "covered_min": 81, "window_min": 81, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 14:29 on Fri 13 Nov to 10:48 on Sat 14 Nov.", "fact": "2020-11-13T12:29:27Z → 2020-11-14T08:48:13Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:14–05:36 on the 13th, 04:14–05:35 on the 14th.", "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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 18782 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Naraka Caturdaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 14 November.", "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": "2020-11-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2020 falls on Saturday 14 November. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 31118 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Lakṣmī Pūjā, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 14 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "diwali-lakshmi-puja", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)" } ], "kaala": "pradosha", "priority": "unstated", "when_absent": "unstated" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Lakṣmī Pūjā (Diwali) 2020 falls on Saturday 14 November. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 22349 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kālī Pūjā, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 14 November.", "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": "2020-11-14", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-14", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kālī Pūjā 2020 falls on Saturday 14 November. Amāvasyā runs from 10:48 on Sat 14 Nov to 07:07 on Sun 15 Nov and covers all of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/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/2020/govardhana-puja", "festival": "govardhana-puja", "name": "Govardhana Pūjā", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-11-15", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 18000, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 0, "key": "pratipada", "name": "Pratipadā", "start": { "local": "2020-11-15T07:07:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-15T05:07:11Z", "ms": 1605416831270.4077 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-16T03:36:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-16T01:36:50Z", "ms": 1605490610365.2756 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-11-15T07:07:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-15T05:07:11Z", "ms": 1605416831270.4077 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-16T03:36:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-16T01:36:50Z", "ms": 1605490610365.2756 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-11-15", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-15T12:07:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-15T10:07:11Z", "ms": 1605434831183.9495 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-15T12:55:11+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-15T10:55:11Z", "ms": 1605437711183.9495 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-11-16", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-16T12:07:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-16T10:07:22Z", "ms": 1605521242042.755 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-16T12:55:22+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-16T10:55:22Z", "ms": 1605524122042.755 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Pratipadā runs from 07:07 on Sun 15 Nov to 03:37 on Mon 16 Nov.", "fact": "2020-11-15T05:07:11Z → 2020-11-16T01:36:50Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 15th, 12:07–12:55 on the 16th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 18000 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Govardhana Pūjā, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 15 November.", "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": "2020-11-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Govardhana Pūjā 2020 falls on Sunday 15 November. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24492 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Bali Pūjā, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 15 November.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "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": "2020-11-15", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-15", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Bali Pūjā 2020 falls on Sunday 15 November. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. 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Navamī runs from 19:22 on Sun 22 Nov to 21:03 on Mon 23 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/durga-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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-11-25", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Prabodhinī Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-11-25", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 13727, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 10, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-11-24T23:12:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-24T21:12:36Z", "ms": 1606252356144.9473 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-26T01:40:47+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-25T23:40:47Z", "ms": 1606347646810.667 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-11-24T23:12:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-24T21:12:36Z", "ms": 1606252356144.9473 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-26T01:40:47+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-25T23:40:47Z", "ms": 1606347646810.667 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-11-25", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-25T05:29:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-25T03:29:52Z", "ms": 1606274992258.6294 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-25T05:29:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-25T03:29:52Z", "ms": 1606274992258.6294 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-11-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-26T05:29:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-26T03:29:34Z", "ms": 1606361374088.2908 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-26T05:29:34+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-26T03:29:34Z", "ms": 1606361374088.2908 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 23:13 on Tue 24 Nov to 01:41 on Thu 26 Nov.", "fact": "2020-11-24T21:12:36Z → 2020-11-25T23:40:47Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:30 on the 25th and 05:30 on the 26th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. 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When does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the day of the tithi, but widows and sannyasins would observe on the next-day." } ], "not_evaluated": "The next-day observance for widows and sannyāsins, the Bengal avoidance of an ekādaśī joined to daśamī, and the Vaiṣṇava aruṇodaya rule belong to other traditions and are not applied.", "kaala": "sunrise", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "tithi-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-11-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Prabodhinī Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Wednesday 25 November. Ekādaśī runs from 23:13 on Tue 24 Nov to 01:41 on Thu 26 Nov and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-11-25", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-11-27", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-11-27", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 26395, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 12, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-11-27T04:16:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-27T02:16:58Z", "ms": 1606443417739.37 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-28T06:51:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-28T04:51:55Z", "ms": 1606539114806.4587 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 7, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Kārtika" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-11-27T04:16:58+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-27T02:16:58Z", "ms": 1606443417739.37 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-28T06:51:55+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-28T04:51:55Z", "ms": 1606539114806.4587 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-11-26", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-26T19:38:14+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-26T17:38:14Z", "ms": 1606412293944.0508 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-26T20:57:02+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-26T18:57:02Z", "ms": 1606417022457.489 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 79, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-11-27", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-11-27T19:39:09+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-27T17:39:09Z", "ms": 1606498748816.983 }, "end": { "local": "2020-11-27T20:57:48+02:00", "utc": "2020-11-27T18:57:48Z", "ms": 1606503468093.599 } }, "covered_min": 79, "window_min": 79, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 04:17 on Fri 27 Nov to 06:52 on Sat 28 Nov.", "fact": "2020-11-27T02:16:58Z → 2020-11-28T04:51:55Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:38–20:57 on the 26th, 19:39–20:58 on the 27th.", "fact": "pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Trayodaśī must be present during pradoṣa. 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It is on the 3rd and is not on the 4th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24277 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 3 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "sankashta-chaturthi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "The sukla caturthi in each month is called Ganesa caturthi or Vinayaka caturthi. It is observed at madhyahna. The chief among them are caturthis of Bhadrapada and Magha. Similarly the krsna caturthi in each month is called Sankasta caturthi, to be observed on the day when the tithi is current at moonrise. 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Caturthī runs from 15:57 on Thu 3 Dec to 16:34 on Fri 4 Dec and is current at moonrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/sankashta-chaturthi?on=2020-12-03", "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/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-12-11", "festival": "ekadashi", "name": "Utpannā Ekādaśī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-12-11", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 3940, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 25, "key": "ekadashi", "name": "Ekādaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-12-10T09:21:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-10T07:21:50Z", "ms": 1607584909933.8708 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-11T06:34:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-11T04:34:32Z", "ms": 1607661271560.4973 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-12-10T09:21:50+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-10T07:21:50Z", "ms": 1607584909933.8708 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-11T06:34:32+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-11T04:34:32Z", "ms": 1607661271560.4973 } }, "kaala": "sunrise", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-12-10", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-10T05:28:41+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-10T03:28:41Z", "ms": 1607570920931.628 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-10T05:28:41+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-10T03:28:41Z", "ms": 1607570920931.628 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-12-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-11T05:28:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-11T03:28:52Z", "ms": 1607657331640.624 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-11T05:28:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-11T03:28:52Z", "ms": 1607657331640.624 } }, "covered_min": 1, "window_min": 0, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ekādaśī runs from 09:22 on Thu 10 Dec to 06:35 on Fri 11 Dec.", "fact": "2020-12-10T07:21:50Z → 2020-12-11T04:34:32Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Sunrise is at 05:29 on the 10th and 05:29 on the 11th.", "fact": "sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ekādaśī must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 10th and is on the 11th.", "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 3940 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Utpannā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 11 December.", "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": "2020-12-11", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-11", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Utpannā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Friday 11 December. Ekādaśī runs from 09:22 on Thu 10 Dec to 06:35 on Fri 11 Dec and is current at sunrise that day.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/ekadashi?on=2020-12-11", "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/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-12-12", "festival": "pradosha-vrata", "name": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-12-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 11683, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 27, "key": "trayodashi", "name": "Trayodaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-12-12T03:32:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T01:32:29Z", "ms": 1607736749179.568 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-13T00:23:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T22:23:13Z", "ms": 1607811792775.4954 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-12-12T03:32:29+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T01:32:29Z", "ms": 1607736749179.568 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-13T00:23:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T22:23:13Z", "ms": 1607811792775.4954 } }, "kaala": "pradosha", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-12-11", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-11T19:50:44+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-11T17:50:44Z", "ms": 1607709044229.5754 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-11T21:07:51+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-11T19:07:51Z", "ms": 1607713670899.1865 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 77, "qualifies": false }, { "local_date": "2020-12-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-12T19:51:27+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T17:51:27Z", "ms": 1607795486870.993 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-12T21:08:30+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T19:08:30Z", "ms": 1607800109787.6204 } }, "covered_min": 77, "window_min": 77, "qualifies": true } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Trayodaśī runs from 03:32 on Sat 12 Dec to 00:23 on Sun 13 Dec.", "fact": "2020-12-12T01:32:29Z → 2020-12-12T22:23:13Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:51–21:08 on the 11th, 19:51–21:08 on the 12th.", "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 77 minutes on the 11th and 77 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 11683 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 12 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": "2020-12-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-12", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Saturday 12 December. Trayodaśī runs from 03:32 on Sat 12 Dec to 00:23 on Sun 13 Dec and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/pradosha-vrata?on=2020-12-12", "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/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-12-12", "festival": "shivaratri", "name": "Śivarātri", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-12-12", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 410, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 28, "key": "chaturdashi", "name": "Caturdaśī", "start": { "local": "2020-12-13T00:23:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T22:23:13Z", "ms": 1607811792775.4954 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-13T21:14:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-13T19:14:59Z", "ms": 1607886899234.2195 }, "month": { "amanta": 7, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Kārtika", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-12-13T00:23:13+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T22:23:13Z", "ms": 1607811792775.4954 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-13T21:14:59+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-13T19:14:59Z", "ms": 1607886899234.2195 } }, "kaala": "nishita", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-12-12", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-13T00:16:23+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T22:16:23Z", "ms": 1607811382808.3457 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-13T01:04:23+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-12T23:04:23Z", "ms": 1607814262808.3457 } }, "covered_min": 41, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-12-13", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-14T00:16:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-13T22:16:52Z", "ms": 1607897811708.024 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-14T01:04:52+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-13T23:04:52Z", "ms": 1607900691708.024 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturdaśī runs from 00:23 on Sun 13 Dec to 21:15 on Sun 13 Dec.", "fact": "2020-12-12T22:23:13Z → 2020-12-13T19:14:59Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:16–01:04 on the 12th, 00:17–01:05 on the 13th.", "fact": "nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 41 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.", "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 410 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śivarātri, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 12 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": "2020-12-12", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-12", "confidence": "boundary" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śivarātri 2020 falls on Saturday 12 December. Caturdaśī runs from 00:23 on Sun 13 Dec to 21:15 on Sun 13 Dec and covers 41 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/shivaratri?on=2020-12-12", "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/2020/vinayaka-chaturthi?on=2020-12-17", "festival": "vinayaka-chaturthi", "name": "Vināyaka Caturthī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-12-17", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 1832, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 3, "key": "chaturthi", "name": "Caturthī", "start": { "local": "2020-12-17T11:48:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-17T09:48:06Z", "ms": 1608198486114.608 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-18T10:53:21+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-18T08:53:21Z", "ms": 1608281600556.6382 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-12-17T11:48:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-17T09:48:06Z", "ms": 1608198486114.608 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-18T10:53:21+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-18T08:53:21Z", "ms": 1608281600556.6382 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-12-17", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-17T12:18:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-17T10:18:38Z", "ms": 1608200318091.368 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-17T13:06:38+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-17T11:06:38Z", "ms": 1608203198091.368 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-12-18", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-18T12:19:07+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-18T10:19:07Z", "ms": 1608286747212.9294 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-18T13:07:07+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-18T11:07:07Z", "ms": 1608289627212.9294 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Caturthī runs from 11:48 on Thu 17 Dec to 10:53 on Fri 18 Dec.", "fact": "2020-12-17T09:48:06Z → 2020-12-18T08:53:21Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:19–13:07 on the 17th, 12:19–13:07 on the 18th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 108" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1832 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Vināyaka Caturthī, Cape Town, 2020: Thursday 17 December.", "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. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 5147 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa), Cape Town, 2020: Friday 18 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": "2020-12-18", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-18", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa) 2020 falls on Friday 18 December. 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(Special when combined with naksatra Satabhisaj, yoga Vyatipata and Sunday), Skanda sasthi (purvaviddha), Guha sasthi" } ], "not_evaluated": "The row calls the day special with Śatabhiṣaj nakṣatra, Vyatīpāta yoga and a Sunday; none is tested.", "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-19", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 2020 falls on Saturday 19 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:45 on Sat 19 Dec to 11:23 on Sun 20 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.", "cite": "https://ahargana.org/cape-town/festivals/2020/champa-shashthi", "method": "pac-rp@2026.1", "engine": { "version": "0.1.0", "ruleset": "2026.3-draft", "kernel": "de440-1900-2100", "kernel_sha256": "7eef444f9e5bd8786b8b5b72e775ecc376991b953a6246ec7a49d2c37434ea74", "tzdata": "2026f" } }, { "id": "/cape-town/festivals/2020/skanda-shashthi", "festival": "skanda-shashthi", "name": "Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī", "tradition": "smarta", "place": "3369157", "year": 2020, "local_date": "2020-12-19", "confidence": "determinate", "boundary_reasons": [], "boundary_margin_s": 3418, "anga": { "type": "tithi", "index": 5, "key": "shashthi", "name": "Ṣaṣṭhī", "start": { "local": "2020-12-19T10:44:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-19T08:44:42Z", "ms": 1608367482284.0437 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-20T11:23:08+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-20T09:23:08Z", "ms": 1608456187855.4746 }, "month": { "amanta": 8, "purnimanta": 8, "adhika": false, "amanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa", "purnimanta_name": "Mārgaśīrṣa" } }, "span": { "of": "tithi", "start": { "local": "2020-12-19T10:44:42+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-19T08:44:42Z", "ms": 1608367482284.0437 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-20T11:23:08+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-20T09:23:08Z", "ms": 1608456187855.4746 } }, "kaala": "madhyahna", "days": [ { "local_date": "2020-12-19", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-19T12:19:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-19T10:19:36Z", "ms": 1608373176453.2236 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-19T13:07:36+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-19T11:07:36Z", "ms": 1608376056453.2236 } }, "covered_min": 48, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": true }, { "local_date": "2020-12-20", "window": { "start": { "local": "2020-12-20T12:20:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-20T10:20:06Z", "ms": 1608459605776.8906 }, "end": { "local": "2020-12-20T13:08:06+02:00", "utc": "2020-12-20T11:08:06Z", "ms": 1608462485776.8906 } }, "covered_min": 0, "window_min": 48, "qualifies": false } ], "decided_by": "only-day", "explanation": [ { "step": "anga", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:45 on Sat 19 Dec to 11:23 on Sun 20 Dec.", "fact": "2020-12-19T08:44:42Z → 2020-12-20T09:23:08Z" }, { "step": "kaala", "text": "Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:20–13:08 on the 19th, 12:20–13:08 on the 20th.", "fact": "madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′" }, { "step": "rule", "text": "Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. 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It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 25 of 48 on the 21st.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.", "fact": "priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1380 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mitra Saptamī, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 20 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": "2020-12-20", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-20", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mitra Saptamī 2020 falls on Sunday 20 December. Saptamī runs from 11:23 on Sun 20 Dec to 12:46 on Mon 21 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. 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It is on the 25th and is not 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 25823 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Mokṣadā Ekādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Friday 25 December.", "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": "2020-12-25", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-25", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Mokṣadā Ekādaśī 2020 falls on Friday 25 December. 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It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.", "fact": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104" }, { "step": "tie_break", "text": "Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 33251 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Cape Town, 2020: Saturday 26 December.", "fact": "confidence: determinate" } ], "rule": { "kind": "lunar", "id": "akhanda-dvadashi", "references": [ { "text": "Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals", "locator": "p. 104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/calendar_reform_comittee_report", "quote": "S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa)." } ], "kaala": "madhyahna", "priority": "paraviddha", "when_absent": "second-day" }, "alternatives": [ { "kind": "profile", "profile": "classical@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-26", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-26", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2020 falls on Saturday 26 December. 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No tie-break is needed.", "fact": "priority: unstated → only-day · margin 12777 s" }, { "step": "ruling", "text": "Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata, Cape Town, 2020: Sunday 27 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": "2020-12-27", "confidence": "determinate" }, { "kind": "profile", "profile": "compat-drikpanchang@2026.1", "local_date": "2020-12-27", "confidence": "determinate" } ], "quote": "In Cape Town, Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata 2020 falls on Sunday 27 December. 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