Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2054

Thursday 24 September

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 306 minutes.

Decide it for

LimaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 23 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 24 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 02:00 on Thu 24 Sep to 00:44 on Fri 25 Sep.

    2054-09-24T06:59:52Z → 2054-09-25T05:44:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:39 on the 23rd, 18:04–19:39 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 95 minutes on the 23rd and 95 of 95 on the 24th.

    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 18340 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 2054: Thursday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2054 falls on Thursday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:00 on Thu 24 Sep to 00:44 on Fri 25 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2054/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:00 → 22:4418:4696 min18:450 min24 Sep
Chicago02:00 → 00:4418:4496 min18:420 min24 Sep
Jersey City03:00 → 01:4418:4996 min18:480 min24 Sep
Port of Spain03:00 → 01:4418:0195 min18:000 min24 Sep
London08:00 → 06:4418:5496 min18:510 min24 Sep
Durban09:00 → 07:4417:5395 min17:540 min24 Sep
Dubai11:00 → 09:4418:1395 min18:120 min24 Sep
Delhi12:30 → 11:1418:1595 min18:140 min24 Sep
Kolkata12:30 → 11:1417:3195 min17:300 min24 Sep
Singapore15:00 → 13:4419:0095 min18:590 min24 Sep
Sydney17:00 → 15:4417:5394 min17:530 min24 Sep
Suva19:00 → 17:4418:0237 min18:030 min24 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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