Evening of Tuesday 28 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
18:09 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:45
17:4518:0918:3318:5719:2119:4520:09
96 of 96 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2021
Boundaryin Dubai, 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 Tuesday 28 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
96 of 96 minutes covered
Evening of Wednesday 29 September
Qualifies with 53 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
53 of 96 minutes covered, the first 53
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:47 on Tue 28 Sep to 19:00 on Wed 29 Sep.
2021-09-28T12:47:12Z → 2021-09-29T15:00:07Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:09–19:45 on the 28th, 18:07–19:44 on the 29th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 96 of 96 minutes on the 28th and 53 of 96 on the 29th.
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 2627 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Dubai, 2021: Tuesday 28 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Dubai, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2021 falls on Tuesday 28 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:47 on Tue 28 Sep to 19:00 on Wed 29 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 53 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 | Tue 28 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 28 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 28 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Dubai. | ||
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 28th | Covered | Sunset 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:47 → 08:00 | 18:41 | 97 min | 18:39 | 0 min | 28 Sep |
| Chicago | 07:47 → 10:00 | 18:37 | 97 min | 18:35 | 0 min | 28 Sep |
| Jersey City | 08:47 → 11:00 | 18:43 | 97 min | 18:41 | 0 min | 28 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 08:47 → 11:00 | 17:58 | 96 min | 17:57 | 0 min | 28 Sep |
| London | 13:47 → 16:00 | 18:44 | 98 min | 18:42 | 0 min | 28 Sep |
| Durban | 14:47 → 17:00 | 17:55 | 94 min | 17:56 | 0 min | 28 Sep |
| Dubai | 16:47 → 19:00 | 18:09 | 96 min | 18:07 | 53 min | 28 Sep |
| Delhi | 18:17 → 20:30 | 18:10 | 90 min | 18:09 | 97 min | 29 Sep |
| Kolkata | 18:17 → 20:30 | 17:27 | 46 min | 17:26 | 96 min | 29 Sep |
| Singapore | 20:47 → 23:00 | 18:58 | 0 min | 18:58 | 95 min | 29 Sep |
| Sydney | 22:47 → 01:00 | 17:55 | 0 min | 17:56 | 93 min | 29 Sep |
| Suva | 00:47 → 03:00 | 18:03 | 0 min | 18:03 | 94 min | 29 Sep |