Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2079

Sunday 17 September

Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Aṣṭamī reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

BucharestDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Sunday 17 September

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.

19:22 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:55
18:5819:2219:4620:1020:3420:5821:22

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 18 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:54
Aṣṭamī ends 19:15:50
18:5719:2119:4520:0920:3320:5721:21

0 of 93 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 21:29 on Sun 17 Sep to 19:16 on Mon 18 Sep.

    2079-09-17T18:29:17Z → 2079-09-18T16:15:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:22–20:55 on the 17th, 19:21–20:54 on the 18th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 93 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 93 on the 18th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 282 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2079: Sunday 17 September.

    confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2079 falls on Sunday 17 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:29 on Sun 17 Sep to 19:16 on Mon 18 Sep, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day. It is 4 min 42 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2079/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 17thCoveredSunset 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:29 → 09:1618:5694 min18:550 min17 Sep
Chicago13:29 → 11:1618:5693 min18:540 min17 Sep
Jersey City14:29 → 12:1619:0193 min19:000 min17 Sep
Port of Spain14:29 → 12:1618:0595 min18:050 min17 Sep
London19:29 → 17:1619:1073 min19:080 min17 Sep
Durban20:29 → 18:1617:490 min17:5026 min18 Sep
Dubai22:29 → 20:1618:210 min18:2094 min18 Sep
Delhi23:59 → 21:4618:240 min18:2394 min18 Sep
Kolkata23:59 → 21:4617:380 min17:3794 min18 Sep
Singapore02:29 → 00:1619:030 min19:0295 min18 Sep
Sydney04:29 → 02:1617:480 min17:4996 min18 Sep
Suva06:29 → 04:1618:020 min18:0296 min18 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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