Evening of Saturday 25 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
18:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:12
Aṣṭamī begins 19:34:31
18:1218:3619:0019:2419:4820:1220:36
37 of 96 minutes covered, the last 37
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1948
Boundaryin Budapest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 48 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Saturday 25 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
37 of 96 minutes covered, the last 37
Evening of Sunday 26 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 96 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:35 on Sat 25 Sep to 18:29 on Sun 26 Sep.
1948-09-25T17:34:32Z → 1948-09-26T16:28:51Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:36–20:12 on the 25th, 18:34–20:10 on the 26th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 37 of 96 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 96 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 288 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Budapest, 1948: Saturday 25 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Budapest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1948 falls on Saturday 25 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:35 on Sat 25 Sep to 18:29 on Sun 26 Sep and covers 37 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It is 4 min 48 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 25 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 25 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 25 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Budapest. | ||
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 25th | Covered | Sunset 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:35 → 09:29 | 18:45 | 96 min | 18:44 | 0 min | 25 Sep |
| Chicago | 12:35 → 10:29 | 18:42 | 96 min | 17:41 | 0 min | 25 Sep |
| Jersey City | 13:35 → 11:29 | 18:48 | 96 min | 17:46 | 0 min | 25 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 13:35 → 12:29 | 18:00 | 95 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 25 Sep |
| London | 18:35 → 17:29 | 18:52 | 96 min | 18:50 | 0 min | 25 Sep |
| Durban | 19:35 → 18:29 | 17:53 | 0 min | 17:54 | 35 min | 26 Sep |
| Dubai | 21:35 → 20:29 | 18:12 | 0 min | 18:11 | 96 min | 26 Sep |
| Delhi | 23:05 → 21:59 | 18:14 | 0 min | 18:13 | 96 min | 26 Sep |
| Kolkata | 23:05 → 21:59 | 17:30 | 0 min | 17:29 | 96 min | 26 Sep |
| Singapore | 01:05 → 23:59 | 18:29 | 0 min | 18:29 | 95 min | 26 Sep |
| Sydney | 03:35 → 02:29 | 17:53 | 0 min | 17:54 | 94 min | 26 Sep |
| Suva | 05:35 → 04:29 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:03 | 95 min | 26 Sep |