Evening of Friday 8 September
Qualifies with 22 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:40
Aṣṭamī begins 19:18:43
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04
22 of 96 minutes covered, the last 22
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1944
Boundaryin Lima, 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 Friday 8 September
Qualifies with 22 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
22 of 96 minutes covered, the last 22
Evening of Saturday 9 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
54 of 96 minutes covered, the first 54
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:19 on Fri 8 Sep to 18:59 on Sat 9 Sep.
1944-09-09T00:18:44Z → 1944-09-09T23:58:34Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:40 on the 8th, 18:04–19:40 on the 9th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 22 of 96 minutes on the 8th and 54 of 96 on the 9th.
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 1304 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 1944: Saturday 9 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1944 falls on Saturday 9 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:19 on Fri 8 Sep to 18:59 on Sat 9 Sep and covers 54 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 22 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 | Sat 9 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 9 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 8 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Sunset 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:19 → 16:59 | 19:08 | 0 min | 19:06 | 0 min | 8 Sep |
| Chicago | 19:19 → 18:59 | 19:10 | 0 min | 19:08 | 0 min | 8 Sep |
| Jersey City | 20:19 → 19:59 | 19:15 | 43 min | 19:14 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 21:19 → 20:59 | 19:10 | 94 min | 19:10 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| London | 02:19 → 01:59 | 20:29 | 88 min | 20:27 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Durban | 02:19 → 01:59 | 17:45 | 98 min | 17:45 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Dubai | 04:19 → 03:59 | 18:29 | 92 min | 18:28 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Delhi | 06:49 → 06:29 | 19:33 | 92 min | 19:32 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Kolkata | 06:49 → 06:29 | 18:46 | 93 min | 18:45 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Singapore | 09:19 → 08:59 | 20:06 | 95 min | 20:05 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Sydney | 10:19 → 09:59 | 17:42 | 99 min | 17:43 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Suva | 12:19 → 11:59 | 18:00 | 97 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 9 Sep |