Sunday 20 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 20:31 on Sat 19 Sep to 21:53 on Sun 20 Sep.

   2076-09-19T12:31:28Z → 2076-09-20T13:52:57Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:14–20:48 on the 19th, 19:12–20:47 on the 20th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 16 of 94 minutes on the 19th and 95 of 95 on the 20th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 981 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Xining, 2076: Sunday 20 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Xining, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2076 falls on Sunday 20 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:31 on Sat 19 Sep to 21:53 on Sun 20 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 16 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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