Evening of Wednesday 13 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:40
Aṣṭamī begins 18:32:00
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04
68 of 96 minutes covered, the last 68
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2006
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 Wednesday 13 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
68 of 96 minutes covered, the last 68
Evening of Thursday 14 September
Qualifies with 6 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
6 of 96 minutes covered, the first 6
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:32 on Wed 13 Sep to 18:10 on Thu 14 Sep.
2006-09-13T23:32:01Z → 2006-09-14T23:09:44Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:40 on the 13th, 18:04–19:40 on the 14th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 68 of 96 minutes on the 13th and 6 of 96 on the 14th.
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 343 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 2006: Wednesday 13 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2006 falls on Wednesday 13 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:32 on Wed 13 Sep to 18:10 on Thu 14 Sep and covers 68 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 6 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 | Wed 13 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 13 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 13 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 13th | Covered | Sunset 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:32 → 16:10 | 19:02 | 92 min | 19:01 | 0 min | 13 Sep |
| Chicago | 18:32 → 18:10 | 19:03 | 92 min | 19:02 | 0 min | 13 Sep |
| Jersey City | 19:32 → 19:10 | 19:09 | 68 min | 19:07 | 3 min | 13 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 19:32 → 19:10 | 18:08 | 10 min | 18:07 | 63 min | 14 Sep |
| London | 00:32 → 00:10 | 19:20 | 0 min | 19:17 | 90 min | 14 Sep |
| Durban | 01:32 → 01:10 | 17:47 | 0 min | 17:47 | 97 min | 14 Sep |
| Dubai | 03:32 → 03:10 | 18:25 | 0 min | 18:24 | 93 min | 14 Sep |
| Delhi | 05:02 → 04:40 | 18:29 | 0 min | 18:28 | 93 min | 14 Sep |
| Kolkata | 05:02 → 04:40 | 17:42 | 0 min | 17:41 | 94 min | 14 Sep |
| Singapore | 07:32 → 07:10 | 19:04 | 0 min | 19:04 | 95 min | 14 Sep |
| Sydney | 09:32 → 09:10 | 17:45 | 0 min | 17:45 | 97 min | 14 Sep |
| Suva | 11:32 → 11:10 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:01 | 96 min | 14 Sep |