Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2057

Thursday 20 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 389 minutes.

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 Thursday 20 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

19:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:50
18:5219:1619:4020:0420:2820:5221:16

94 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 21 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:49
18:5019:1419:3820:0220:2620:5021:14

0 of 95 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 10:08 on Thu 20 Sep to 12:45 on Fri 21 Sep.

    2057-09-20T07:08:27Z → 2057-09-21T09:44:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:16–20:50 on the 20th, 19:14–20:49 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 95 on the 21st.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 23366 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2057: Thursday 20 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2057 falls on Thursday 20 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:08 on Thu 20 Sep to 12:45 on Fri 21 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2057/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 20 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 20 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 20 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 20thCoveredSunset 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:08 → 02:4518:5195 min18:500 min20 Sep
Chicago02:08 → 04:4518:5094 min18:480 min20 Sep
Jersey City03:08 → 05:4518:5694 min18:540 min20 Sep
Port of Spain03:08 → 05:4518:0395 min18:020 min20 Sep
London08:08 → 10:4519:0294 min19:000 min20 Sep
Durban09:08 → 11:4517:5195 min17:520 min20 Sep
Dubai11:08 → 13:4518:1795 min18:160 min20 Sep
Delhi12:38 → 15:1518:2095 min18:180 min20 Sep
Kolkata12:38 → 15:1517:3595 min17:340 min20 Sep
Singapore15:08 → 17:4519:0195 min19:010 min20 Sep
Sydney17:08 → 19:4517:5096 min17:5195 min20 Sep
Suva19:08 → 21:4518:0229 min18:0295 min21 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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