Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1925

Wednesday 9 September

Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 179 minutes.

Decide it for

30°04′ N 31°15′ E · Africa/Cairo · GeoNames 360630

The two evenings

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

Evening of Wednesday 9 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:08 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:40
17:4418:0818:3218:5619:2019:4420:08

92 of 92 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 10 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:4320:07

0 of 92 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 13:24 on Wed 9 Sep to 15:08 on Thu 10 Sep.

    1925-09-09T11:24:19Z → 1925-09-10T13:08:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:08–19:40 on the 9th, 18:07–19:39 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 92 of 92 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 92 on the 10th.

    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 10747 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Cairo, 1925: Wednesday 9 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Cairo, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1925 falls on Wednesday 9 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:24 on Wed 9 Sep to 15:08 on Thu 10 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/cairo/festivals/1925/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo.

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 9thCoveredSunset 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:24 → 05:0818:0891 min18:070 min9 Sep
Chicago06:24 → 08:0819:1190 min19:090 min9 Sep
Jersey City07:24 → 09:0819:1690 min19:140 min9 Sep
Port of Spain07:24 → 09:0818:1094 min18:100 min9 Sep
London12:24 → 14:0819:3088 min19:270 min9 Sep
Durban13:24 → 15:0817:4498 min17:450 min9 Sep
Dubai15:24 → 17:0818:3092 min18:290 min9 Sep
Delhi16:54 → 18:3818:3492 min18:335 min9 Sep
Kolkata16:54 → 18:3817:4693 min17:4553 min9 Sep
Singapore18:24 → 20:0818:0676 min18:0595 min10 Sep
Sydney21:24 → 23:0817:420 min17:4299 min10 Sep
Suva23:24 → 01:0818:000 min18:0097 min10 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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