Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1948

Saturday 25 September

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 329 minutes.

Decide it for

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12°03′ S 77°02′ W · America/Lima · GeoNames 3936456

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Saturday 25 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04

95 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 26 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04

0 of 95 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 12:35 on Sat 25 Sep to 11:29 on Sun 26 Sep.

    1948-09-25T17:34:32Z → 1948-09-26T16:28:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:39 on the 25th, 18:04–19:38 on the 26th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 95 on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 19752 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 1948: Saturday 25 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1948 falls on Saturday 25 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:35 on Sat 25 Sep to 11:29 on Sun 26 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1948/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīSunset 25thCoveredSunset 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:35 → 09:2918:4596 min18:440 min25 Sep
Chicago12:35 → 10:2918:4296 min17:410 min25 Sep
Jersey City13:35 → 11:2918:4896 min17:460 min25 Sep
Port of Spain13:35 → 12:2918:0095 min17:590 min25 Sep
London18:35 → 17:2918:5296 min18:500 min25 Sep
Durban19:35 → 18:2917:530 min17:5435 min26 Sep
Dubai21:35 → 20:2918:120 min18:1196 min26 Sep
Delhi23:05 → 21:5918:140 min18:1396 min26 Sep
Kolkata23:05 → 21:5917:300 min17:2996 min26 Sep
Singapore01:05 → 23:5918:290 min18:2995 min26 Sep
Sydney03:35 → 02:2917:530 min17:5494 min26 Sep
Suva05:35 → 04:2918:020 min18:0395 min26 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
jitashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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