Evening of Sunday 21 September
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.
19:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:49
Aṣṭamī begins 21:09:42
18:5019:1419:3820:0220:2620:5021:14
0 of 95 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2008
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Aṣṭamī reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Sunday 21 September
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 95 minutes covered
Evening of Monday 22 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 95 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:10 on Sun 21 Sep to 19:02 on Mon 22 Sep.
2008-09-21T18:09:43Z → 2008-09-22T16:01:43Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:14–20:49 on the 21st, 19:12–20:47 on the 22nd.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 95 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 95 on the 22nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 643 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2008: Sunday 21 September.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2008 falls on Sunday 21 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:10 on Sun 21 Sep to 19:02 on Mon 22 Sep, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 21 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 21 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 21 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 21st | Covered | Sunset 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:10 → 09:02 | 18:50 | 95 min | 18:49 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Chicago | 13:10 → 11:02 | 18:48 | 95 min | 18:47 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Jersey City | 14:10 → 12:02 | 18:54 | 95 min | 18:52 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 14:10 → 12:02 | 18:02 | 95 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| London | 19:10 → 17:02 | 19:00 | 85 min | 18:58 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Durban | 20:10 → 18:02 | 17:51 | 0 min | 17:52 | 10 min | 22 Sep |
| Dubai | 22:10 → 20:02 | 18:16 | 0 min | 18:15 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Delhi | 23:40 → 21:32 | 18:18 | 0 min | 18:17 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 23:40 → 21:32 | 17:34 | 0 min | 17:33 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Singapore | 02:10 → 00:02 | 19:01 | 0 min | 19:00 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Sydney | 04:10 → 02:02 | 17:51 | 0 min | 17:51 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Suva | 06:10 → 04:02 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 22 Sep |