Evening of Thursday 26 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
17:32 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:07
Aṣṭamī begins 17:28:44
17:0817:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:32
95 of 95 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1918
Boundaryin Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 39 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Thursday 26 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
95 of 95 minutes covered
Evening of Friday 27 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 95 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:29 on Thu 26 Sep to 16:59 on Fri 27 Sep.
1918-09-26T16:58:45Z → 1918-09-27T16:28:32Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:32–19:07 on the 26th, 17:32–19:07 on the 27th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 95 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 219 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1918: Thursday 26 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1918 falls on Thursday 26 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:29 on Thu 26 Sep to 16:59 on Fri 27 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It is 3 min 39 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 26 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 26 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 26 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda. | ||
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 26th | Covered | Sunset 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:59 → 09:29 | 18:45 | 96 min | 18:43 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Chicago | 11:59 → 11:29 | 18:42 | 96 min | 18:40 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Jersey City | 12:59 → 12:29 | 18:48 | 96 min | 18:46 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 12:59 → 12:29 | 18:00 | 95 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| London | 17:59 → 17:29 | 18:51 | 96 min | 18:49 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Durban | 18:59 → 18:29 | 17:53 | 29 min | 17:54 | 34 min | 27 Sep |
| Dubai | 20:40 → 20:10 | 17:53 | 0 min | 17:52 | 96 min | 27 Sep |
| Delhi | 22:29 → 21:59 | 18:14 | 0 min | 18:13 | 96 min | 27 Sep |
| Kolkata | 22:29 → 21:59 | 17:30 | 0 min | 17:29 | 96 min | 27 Sep |
| Singapore | 23:59 → 23:29 | 17:59 | 0 min | 17:59 | 95 min | 27 Sep |
| Sydney | 02:59 → 02:29 | 17:53 | 0 min | 17:54 | 94 min | 27 Sep |
| Suva | 04:59 → 04:29 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:03 | 95 min | 27 Sep |