Evening of Tuesday 7 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04
94 of 94 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2031
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 Tuesday 7 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
94 of 94 minutes covered
Evening of Wednesday 8 October
Qualifies with 61 of 94 minutes. Not taken.
61 of 94 minutes covered, the first 61
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:37 on Tue 7 Oct to 19:05 on Wed 8 Oct.
2031-10-07T21:37:29Z → 2031-10-09T00:04:49Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:38 on the 7th, 18:04–19:38 on the 8th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 7th and 61 of 94 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 1973 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 2031: Tuesday 7 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2031 falls on Tuesday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:37 on Tue 7 Oct to 19:05 on Wed 8 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 61 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 | Tue 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 7 Oct |
| 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 7th | Covered | Sunset 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:37 → 17:05 | 18:29 | 99 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:37 → 19:05 | 18:22 | 100 min | 18:19 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:37 → 20:05 | 18:28 | 100 min | 18:25 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:37 → 20:05 | 17:53 | 96 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| London | 22:37 → 01:05 | 18:25 | 0 min | 18:21 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 23:37 → 02:05 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:37 → 04:05 | 18:00 | 0 min | 17:58 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:07 → 05:35 | 18:00 | 0 min | 17:58 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:07 → 05:35 | 17:19 | 0 min | 17:17 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 05:37 → 08:05 | 18:55 | 0 min | 18:54 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:37 → 11:05 | 19:02 | 0 min | 19:03 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 09:37 → 12:05 | 18:05 | 0 min | 18:05 | 0 min | 8 Oct |