Wednesday 19 September

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 10:30 on Wed 19 Sep to 11:57 on Thu 20 Sep.

   2007-09-19T03:59:39Z → 2007-09-20T05:27:02Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 19th, 11:35–12:23 on the 20th.

   madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 22 of 48 on the 20th.

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

4. 04

   Tie-break

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

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1328 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Rādhāṣṭamī, Yangon, 2007: Wednesday 19 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Yangon, Rādhāṣṭamī 2007 falls on Wednesday 19 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:30 on Wed 19 Sep to 11:57 on Thu 20 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 22 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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