Jitāṣṭamī

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 18:17 on Tue 28 Sep to 20:30 on Wed 29 Sep.

   2021-09-28T12:47:12Z → 2021-09-29T15:00:07Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:03–19:39 on the 28th, 18:03–19:38 on the 29th.

   pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
3. ३Step 3, Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 81 of 95 minutes on the 28th and 95 of 95 on the 29th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
4. ४Step 4, Tie-break

   Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 838 s
5. ५Step 5, Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Colombo, 2021: Wednesday 29 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

In Colombo, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2021 falls on Wednesday 29 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:17 on Tue 28 Sep to 20:30 on Wed 29 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 81 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled. The rule does not settle this date cleanly.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

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.