Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2093

Saturday 12 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 497 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 Friday 11 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:33 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:03
19:0919:3319:5720:2120:4521:0921:33

0 of 91 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 12 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

19:31 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:02
19:0719:3119:5520:1920:4321:0721:31

91 of 91 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 05:21 on Sat 12 Sep to 07:21 on Sun 13 Sep.

    2093-09-12T02:20:39Z → 2093-09-13T04:21:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:33–21:03 on the 11th, 19:31–21:02 on the 12th.

    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 91 minutes on the 11th and 91 of 91 on the 12th.

    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 29843 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2093: Saturday 12 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2093 falls on Saturday 12 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:21 on Sat 12 Sep to 07:21 on Sun 13 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2093/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 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 12thCoveredSunset 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:21 → 21:2119:0292 min19:010 min12 Sep
Chicago21:21 → 23:2119:0492 min19:020 min12 Sep
Jersey City22:21 → 00:2119:0992 min19:070 min12 Sep
Port of Spain22:21 → 00:2118:0894 min18:080 min12 Sep
London03:21 → 05:2119:2090 min19:180 min12 Sep
Durban04:21 → 06:2117:4797 min17:480 min12 Sep
Dubai06:21 → 08:2118:2693 min18:240 min12 Sep
Delhi07:51 → 09:5118:2993 min18:280 min12 Sep
Kolkata07:51 → 09:5117:4393 min17:420 min12 Sep
Singapore10:21 → 12:2119:0495 min19:040 min12 Sep
Sydney12:21 → 14:2117:4598 min17:460 min12 Sep
Suva14:21 → 16:2118:0196 min18:010 min12 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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