Evening of Sunday 7 October
Qualifies with 35 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
18:35 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:10
Aṣṭamī begins 19:35:32
18:1118:3518:5919:2319:4720:1120:35
35 of 96 minutes covered, the last 35
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2012
Boundaryin Lagos, 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 Sunday 7 October
Qualifies with 35 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
35 of 96 minutes covered, the last 35
Evening of Monday 8 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
96 of 96 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:36 on Sun 7 Oct to 21:22 on Mon 8 Oct.
2012-10-07T18:35:32Z → 2012-10-08T20:21:30Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:35–20:10 on the 7th, 18:34–20:10 on the 8th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 35 of 96 minutes on the 7th and 96 of 96 on the 8th.
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 2092 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Lagos, 2012: Monday 8 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Lagos, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2012 falls on Monday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:36 on Sun 7 Oct to 21:22 on Mon 8 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 35 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 | Mon 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 8 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lagos. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Sunset 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:36 → 13:22 | 18:28 | 99 min | 18:27 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 13:36 → 15:22 | 18:21 | 101 min | 18:19 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 14:36 → 16:22 | 18:28 | 100 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:36 → 16:22 | 17:52 | 96 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| London | 19:36 → 21:22 | 18:24 | 31 min | 18:21 | 103 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 20:36 → 22:22 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:01 | 91 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:36 → 00:22 | 17:59 | 0 min | 17:58 | 98 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:06 → 01:52 | 18:00 | 0 min | 17:59 | 99 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:06 → 01:52 | 17:18 | 0 min | 17:17 | 98 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 02:36 → 04:22 | 18:55 | 0 min | 18:55 | 95 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 05:36 → 07:22 | 19:02 | 0 min | 19:03 | 91 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 06:36 → 08:22 | 18:05 | 0 min | 18:05 | 93 min | 8 Oct |