Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1946

Tuesday 17 September

Boundaryin Algiers, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Aṣṭamī reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Tuesday 17 September

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.

18:53 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:26
Aṣṭamī begins 20:46:25
18:2918:5319:1719:4120:0520:2920:53

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 18 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:51 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:25
Aṣṭamī ends 18:43:55
18:2718:5119:1519:3920:0320:2720:51

0 of 93 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 20:46 on Tue 17 Sep to 18:44 on Wed 18 Sep.

    1946-09-17T19:46:26Z → 1946-09-18T17:43:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:53–20:26 on the 17th, 18:51–20:25 on the 18th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 93 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 93 on the 18th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 452 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Algiers, 1946: Tuesday 17 September.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Algiers, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1946 falls on Tuesday 17 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:46 on Tue 17 Sep to 18:44 on Wed 18 Sep, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/algiers/festivals/1946/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 17 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Algiers.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīSunset 17thCoveredSunset 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:46 → 09:4417:5793 min17:560 min17 Sep
Chicago14:46 → 12:4418:5793 min18:550 min17 Sep
Jersey City15:46 → 13:4419:0393 min19:010 min17 Sep
Port of Spain15:46 → 13:4418:0595 min18:050 min17 Sep
London20:46 → 18:4419:120 min19:090 min17 Sep
Durban21:46 → 19:4417:490 min17:4996 min18 Sep
Dubai23:46 → 21:4418:210 min18:2094 min18 Sep
Delhi01:16 → 23:1418:240 min18:2394 min18 Sep
Kolkata01:16 → 23:1417:390 min17:3894 min18 Sep
Singapore03:16 → 01:1418:330 min18:3295 min18 Sep
Sydney05:46 → 03:4417:470 min17:4896 min18 Sep
Suva07:46 → 05:4418:010 min18:0196 min18 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
jitashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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