Evening of Wednesday 11 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:40
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04
96 of 96 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2047
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 11 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
96 of 96 minutes covered
Evening of Thursday 12 September
Qualifies with 72 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
72 of 96 minutes covered, the first 72
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:14 on Wed 11 Sep to 19:16 on Thu 12 Sep.
2047-09-11T22:13:53Z → 2047-09-13T00:15:52Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:40 on the 11th, 18:04–19:40 on the 12th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 96 of 96 minutes on the 11th and 72 of 96 on the 12th.
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 1457 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 2047: Wednesday 11 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2047 falls on Wednesday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:14 on Wed 11 Sep to 19:16 on Thu 12 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 72 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 11 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 11 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 11 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 11th | Covered | Sunset 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:14 → 17:16 | 19:05 | 92 min | 19:02 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Chicago | 17:14 → 19:16 | 19:07 | 91 min | 19:03 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Jersey City | 18:14 → 20:16 | 19:12 | 91 min | 19:08 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 18:14 → 20:16 | 18:09 | 89 min | 18:08 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| London | 23:14 → 01:16 | 19:24 | 0 min | 19:20 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Durban | 00:14 → 02:16 | 17:46 | 0 min | 17:47 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Dubai | 02:14 → 04:16 | 18:27 | 0 min | 18:25 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Delhi | 03:44 → 05:46 | 18:31 | 0 min | 18:29 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Kolkata | 03:44 → 05:46 | 17:44 | 0 min | 17:42 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Singapore | 06:14 → 08:16 | 19:05 | 0 min | 19:04 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Sydney | 08:14 → 10:16 | 17:44 | 0 min | 17:45 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Suva | 10:14 → 12:16 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 12 Sep |