Evening of Sunday 21 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
18:25 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:00
18:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:0120:25
0 of 95 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2008
Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 243 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Sunday 21 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 95 minutes covered
Evening of Monday 22 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
95 of 95 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 02:10 on Mon 22 Sep to 00:02 on Tue 23 Sep.
2008-09-21T18:09:43Z → 2008-09-22T16:01:43Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:25–20:00 on the 21st, 18:24–19:59 on the 22nd.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 95 minutes on the 21st and 95 of 95 on the 22nd.
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 14581 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Datong, 2008: Monday 22 September.
confidence: determinate
In Datong, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2008 falls on Monday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:10 on Mon 22 Sep to 00:02 on Tue 23 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 22 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 22 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 22 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Datong. | ||
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 21st | Covered | Sunset 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:10 → 09:02 | 18:50 | 95 min | 18:49 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Chicago | 13:10 → 11:02 | 18:48 | 95 min | 18:47 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Jersey City | 14:10 → 12:02 | 18:54 | 95 min | 18:52 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 14:10 → 12:02 | 18:02 | 95 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| London | 19:10 → 17:02 | 19:00 | 85 min | 18:58 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Durban | 20:10 → 18:02 | 17:51 | 0 min | 17:52 | 10 min | 22 Sep |
| Dubai | 22:10 → 20:02 | 18:16 | 0 min | 18:15 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Delhi | 23:40 → 21:32 | 18:18 | 0 min | 18:17 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 23:40 → 21:32 | 17:34 | 0 min | 17:33 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Singapore | 02:10 → 00:02 | 19:01 | 0 min | 19:00 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Sydney | 04:10 → 02:02 | 17:51 | 0 min | 17:51 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Suva | 06:10 → 04:02 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 22 Sep |