Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2092

Tuesday 23 September

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 314 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 Monday 22 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 Tuesday 23 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 00:53 on Tue 23 Sep to 03:19 on Wed 24 Sep.

    2092-09-23T05:53:03Z → 2092-09-24T08:18:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:39 on the 22nd, 18:04–19:39 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 95 of 95 on the 23rd.

    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 18831 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Lima, 2092: Tuesday 23 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2092 falls on Tuesday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:53 on Tue 23 Sep to 03:19 on Wed 24 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2092/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 23rdCoveredSunset 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:53 → 01:1918:4796 min18:450 min23 Sep
Chicago00:53 → 03:1918:4496 min18:420 min23 Sep
Jersey City01:53 → 04:1918:5096 min18:480 min23 Sep
Port of Spain01:53 → 04:1918:0195 min18:000 min23 Sep
London06:53 → 09:1918:5496 min18:520 min23 Sep
Durban07:53 → 10:1917:5395 min17:540 min23 Sep
Dubai09:53 → 12:1918:1395 min18:120 min23 Sep
Delhi11:23 → 13:4918:1695 min18:140 min23 Sep
Kolkata11:23 → 13:4917:3195 min17:300 min23 Sep
Singapore13:53 → 16:1919:0095 min19:000 min23 Sep
Sydney15:53 → 18:1917:5395 min17:5325 min23 Sep
Suva17:53 → 20:1918:0395 min18:0395 min23 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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