Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1956

Wednesday 26 September

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 Wednesday 26 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
Aṣṭamī begins 19:19:14
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04

19 of 95 minutes covered, the last 19

Evening of Thursday 27 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 19:19 on Wed 26 Sep to 17:26 on Thu 27 Sep.

    1956-09-27T00:19:14Z → 1956-09-27T22:25:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:38 on the 26th, 18:04–19:38 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 19 of 95 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 95 on the 27th.

    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 1156 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 1956: Wednesday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1956 falls on Wednesday 26 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:19 on Wed 26 Sep to 17:26 on Thu 27 Sep and covers 19 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1956/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 27thCoveredSunset 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:19 → 15:2618:420 min18:410 min26 Sep
Chicago19:19 → 17:2618:390 min18:370 min26 Sep
Jersey City20:19 → 18:2618:450 min18:430 min26 Sep
Port of Spain20:19 → 18:2617:5927 min17:580 min27 Sep
London01:19 → 23:2618:4797 min18:450 min27 Sep
Durban02:19 → 00:2617:5594 min17:550 min27 Sep
Dubai04:19 → 02:2618:1096 min18:090 min27 Sep
Delhi05:49 → 03:5618:1296 min18:110 min27 Sep
Kolkata05:49 → 03:5617:2896 min17:270 min27 Sep
Singapore07:49 → 05:5618:2995 min18:280 min27 Sep
Sydney10:19 → 08:2617:5494 min17:550 min27 Sep
Suva12:19 → 10:2618:0394 min18:030 min27 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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