Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1940

Tuesday 24 September

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 657 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 Monday 23 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
17:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:03

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 24 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
17:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:03

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 06:34 on Tue 24 Sep to 06:48 on Wed 25 Sep.

    1940-09-24T05:34:20Z → 1940-09-25T05:47:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:03–19:38 on the 23rd, 18:03–19:38 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 39397 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1940: Tuesday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1940 falls on Tuesday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:34 on Tue 24 Sep to 06:48 on Wed 25 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/1940/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:34 → 21:4817:4796 min17:450 min24 Sep
Chicago00:34 → 00:4818:4496 min18:420 min24 Sep
Jersey City01:34 → 01:4818:5096 min18:480 min24 Sep
Port of Spain01:34 → 01:4818:0195 min18:000 min24 Sep
London06:34 → 06:4818:5496 min18:520 min24 Sep
Durban07:34 → 07:4817:5395 min17:530 min24 Sep
Dubai09:34 → 09:4818:1395 min18:120 min24 Sep
Delhi11:04 → 11:1818:1595 min18:140 min24 Sep
Kolkata11:04 → 11:1817:3195 min17:300 min24 Sep
Singapore12:54 → 13:0818:2095 min18:190 min24 Sep
Sydney15:34 → 15:4817:5295 min17:530 min24 Sep
Suva17:34 → 17:4818:0295 min18:020 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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