Evening of Thursday 26 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:51 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:27
Aṣṭamī begins 18:43:08
17:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:2719:51
44 of 96 minutes covered, the last 44
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1918
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Thursday 26 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
44 of 96 minutes covered, the last 44
Evening of Friday 27 September
Qualifies with 23 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
23 of 96 minutes covered, the first 23
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:43 on Thu 26 Sep to 18:13 on Fri 27 Sep.
1918-09-26T16:58:45Z → 1918-09-27T16:28:32Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:51–19:27 on the 26th, 17:49–19:26 on the 27th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 44 of 96 minutes on the 26th and 23 of 96 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1394 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1918: Thursday 26 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1918 falls on Thursday 26 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:43 on Thu 26 Sep to 18:13 on Fri 27 Sep and covers 44 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 23 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 26 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 26 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 26 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Sunset 26th | Covered | Sunset 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:59 → 09:29 | 18:45 | 96 min | 18:43 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Chicago | 11:59 → 11:29 | 18:42 | 96 min | 18:40 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Jersey City | 12:59 → 12:29 | 18:48 | 96 min | 18:46 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 12:59 → 12:29 | 18:00 | 95 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| London | 17:59 → 17:29 | 18:51 | 96 min | 18:49 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Durban | 18:59 → 18:29 | 17:53 | 29 min | 17:54 | 34 min | 27 Sep |
| Dubai | 20:40 → 20:10 | 17:53 | 0 min | 17:52 | 96 min | 27 Sep |
| Delhi | 22:29 → 21:59 | 18:14 | 0 min | 18:13 | 96 min | 27 Sep |
| Kolkata | 22:29 → 21:59 | 17:30 | 0 min | 17:29 | 96 min | 27 Sep |
| Singapore | 23:59 → 23:29 | 17:59 | 0 min | 17:59 | 95 min | 27 Sep |
| Sydney | 02:59 → 02:29 | 17:53 | 0 min | 17:54 | 94 min | 27 Sep |
| Suva | 04:59 → 04:29 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:03 | 95 min | 27 Sep |