Evening of Monday 20 September
Qualifies with 17 of 95 minutes. Not taken.
18:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
Aṣṭamī begins 19:21:43
17:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:03
17 of 95 minutes covered, the last 17
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1943
Boundaryin Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Monday 20 September
Qualifies with 17 of 95 minutes. Not taken.
17 of 95 minutes covered, the last 17
Evening of Tuesday 21 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
95 of 95 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:22 on Mon 20 Sep to 21:00 on Tue 21 Sep.
1943-09-20T18:21:43Z → 1943-09-21T20:00:28Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:03–19:38 on the 20th, 18:03–19:38 on the 21st.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 17 of 95 minutes on the 20th and 95 of 95 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 999 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1943: Tuesday 21 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1943 falls on Tuesday 21 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:22 on Mon 20 Sep to 21:00 on Tue 21 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 17 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 21 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 21 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 21 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 20th | Covered | Sunset 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:22 → 13:00 | 18:53 | 94 min | 18:52 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Chicago | 13:22 → 15:00 | 18:52 | 94 min | 18:51 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Jersey City | 14:22 → 16:00 | 18:58 | 94 min | 18:56 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 15:22 → 17:00 | 19:04 | 95 min | 19:03 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| London | 19:22 → 21:00 | 19:05 | 77 min | 19:03 | 94 min | 21 Sep |
| Durban | 21:22 → 23:00 | 18:50 | 0 min | 18:51 | 95 min | 21 Sep |
| Dubai | 22:22 → 00:00 | 18:18 | 0 min | 18:17 | 95 min | 21 Sep |
| Delhi | 00:52 → 02:30 | 19:21 | 0 min | 19:20 | 95 min | 21 Sep |
| Kolkata | 00:52 → 02:30 | 18:36 | 0 min | 18:35 | 95 min | 21 Sep |
| Singapore | 03:22 → 05:00 | 20:02 | 0 min | 20:01 | 95 min | 21 Sep |
| Sydney | 04:22 → 06:00 | 17:49 | 0 min | 17:50 | 96 min | 21 Sep |
| Suva | 06:22 → 08:00 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 21 Sep |