Evening of Tuesday 2 October
Qualifies with 46 of 98 minutes. Not taken.
17:40 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:19
Aṣṭamī begins 18:33:12
17:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:40
46 of 98 minutes covered, the last 46
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1923
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 Tuesday 2 October
Qualifies with 46 of 98 minutes. Not taken.
46 of 98 minutes covered, the last 46
Evening of Wednesday 3 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
99 of 99 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:33 on Tue 2 Oct to 19:43 on Wed 3 Oct.
1923-10-02T16:48:48Z → 1923-10-03T17:59:17Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:40–19:19 on the 2nd, 17:39–19:17 on the 3rd.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 46 of 98 minutes on the 2nd and 99 of 99 on the 3rd.
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 1554 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1923: Wednesday 3 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1923 falls on Wednesday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:33 on Tue 2 Oct to 19:43 on Wed 3 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 46 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 | Wed 3 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 3 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 3 Oct |
| 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 2nd | Covered | Sunset 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:49 → 09:59 | 17:37 | 98 min | 17:35 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:49 → 11:59 | 17:32 | 98 min | 17:30 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:49 → 12:59 | 17:38 | 98 min | 17:36 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:49 → 13:59 | 17:56 | 96 min | 17:56 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| London | 16:49 → 17:59 | 17:38 | 99 min | 17:36 | 23 min | 2 Oct |
| Durban | 18:49 → 19:59 | 17:57 | 41 min | 17:57 | 93 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:49 → 21:59 | 18:06 | 0 min | 18:05 | 97 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 22:19 → 23:29 | 18:07 | 0 min | 18:06 | 97 min | 3 Oct |
| Kolkata | 22:19 → 23:29 | 17:24 | 0 min | 17:23 | 97 min | 3 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:49 → 00:59 | 17:57 | 0 min | 17:57 | 95 min | 3 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:49 → 03:59 | 17:57 | 0 min | 17:58 | 92 min | 3 Oct |
| Suva | 04:49 → 05:59 | 18:03 | 0 min | 18:04 | 94 min | 3 Oct |