Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2055

Monday 13 September

Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two evenings

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

Evening of Monday 13 September

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

19:30 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:01
Aṣṭamī begins 19:49:52
19:0619:3019:5420:1820:4221:0621:30

71 of 91 minutes covered, the last 71

Evening of Tuesday 14 September

Qualifies with 61 of 92 minutes. Not taken.

19:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:00
Aṣṭamī ends 20:29:12
19:0419:2819:5220:1620:4021:0421:28

61 of 92 minutes covered, the first 61

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 19:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 20:29 on Tue 14 Sep.

    2055-09-13T16:49:53Z → 2055-09-14T17:29:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:30–21:01 on the 13th, 19:28–21:00 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 71 of 91 minutes on the 13th and 61 of 92 on the 14th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1185 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2055: Monday 13 September.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2055 falls on Monday 13 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 20:29 on Tue 14 Sep and covers 71 of 91 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 61 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2055/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 13thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:50 → 10:2919:0293 min19:010 min13 Sep
Chicago11:50 → 12:2919:0392 min19:010 min13 Sep
Jersey City12:50 → 13:2919:0892 min19:070 min13 Sep
Port of Spain12:50 → 13:2918:0894 min18:070 min13 Sep
London17:50 → 18:2919:2090 min19:170 min13 Sep
Durban18:50 → 19:2917:4734 min17:4897 min14 Sep
Dubai20:50 → 21:2918:250 min18:2493 min14 Sep
Delhi22:20 → 22:5918:290 min18:2793 min14 Sep
Kolkata22:20 → 22:5917:420 min17:4194 min14 Sep
Singapore00:50 → 01:2919:040 min19:0495 min14 Sep
Sydney02:50 → 03:2917:450 min17:4697 min14 Sep
Suva04:50 → 05:2918:010 min18:0196 min14 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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