Evening of Thursday 20 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
18:25 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:00
18:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:0120:25
94 of 94 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2057
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Thursday 20 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
94 of 94 minutes covered
Evening of Friday 21 September
Qualifies with 21 of 95 minutes. Not taken.
21 of 95 minutes covered, the first 21
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:08 on Thu 20 Sep to 18:45 on Fri 21 Sep.
2057-09-20T07:08:27Z → 2057-09-21T09:44:44Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:25–20:00 on the 20th, 18:24–19:58 on the 21st.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 20th and 21 of 95 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1259 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2057: Thursday 20 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daegu, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2057 falls on Thursday 20 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:08 on Thu 20 Sep to 18:45 on Fri 21 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 21 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 20 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 20 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 20 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu. | ||
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 20th | Covered | Sunset 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:08 → 02:45 | 18:51 | 95 min | 18:50 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Chicago | 02:08 → 04:45 | 18:50 | 94 min | 18:48 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Jersey City | 03:08 → 05:45 | 18:56 | 94 min | 18:54 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 03:08 → 05:45 | 18:03 | 95 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| London | 08:08 → 10:45 | 19:02 | 94 min | 19:00 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Durban | 09:08 → 11:45 | 17:51 | 95 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Dubai | 11:08 → 13:45 | 18:17 | 95 min | 18:16 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Delhi | 12:38 → 15:15 | 18:20 | 95 min | 18:18 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Kolkata | 12:38 → 15:15 | 17:35 | 95 min | 17:34 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Singapore | 15:08 → 17:45 | 19:01 | 95 min | 19:01 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Sydney | 17:08 → 19:45 | 17:50 | 96 min | 17:51 | 95 min | 20 Sep |
| Suva | 19:08 → 21:45 | 18:02 | 29 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 21 Sep |