Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1914

Saturday 12 September

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 618 minutes.

Decide it for

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8°50′ S 13°14′ E · Africa/Luanda · GeoNames 2240449

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Friday 11 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:34 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:10
17:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:34

0 of 96 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 12 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:34 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:10
17:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:34

96 of 96 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 05:28 on Sat 12 Sep to 06:59 on Sun 13 Sep.

    1914-09-12T04:57:59Z → 1914-09-13T06:29:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:34–19:10 on the 11th, 17:34–19:10 on the 12th.

    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 96 minutes on the 11th and 96 of 96 on the 12th.

    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 37082 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1914: Saturday 12 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1914 falls on Saturday 12 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:28 on Sat 12 Sep to 06:59 on Sun 13 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/1914/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda.

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 12thCoveredSunset 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:58 → 22:2918:0492 min18:030 min12 Sep
Chicago22:58 → 00:2918:0691 min18:050 min12 Sep
Jersey City23:58 → 01:2918:1191 min18:100 min12 Sep
Port of Spain00:58 → 02:2918:0994 min18:080 min12 Sep
London04:58 → 06:2918:2489 min18:210 min12 Sep
Durban06:58 → 08:2917:4698 min17:460 min12 Sep
Dubai08:39 → 10:1018:0893 min18:070 min12 Sep
Delhi10:28 → 11:5918:3193 min18:300 min12 Sep
Kolkata10:28 → 11:5917:4493 min17:430 min12 Sep
Singapore11:58 → 13:2918:0595 min18:040 min12 Sep
Sydney14:58 → 16:2917:4398 min17:440 min12 Sep
Suva16:53 → 18:2417:5597 min17:5529 min12 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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