Evening of Sunday 6 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:36
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02
94 of 94 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1985
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 Sunday 6 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
94 of 94 minutes covered
Evening of Monday 7 October
Qualifies with 30 of 94 minutes. Not taken.
30 of 94 minutes covered, the first 30
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:26 on Sun 6 Oct to 18:31 on Mon 7 Oct.
1985-10-06T16:25:51Z → 1985-10-07T17:31:07Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:36 on the 6th, 18:02–19:36 on the 7th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 6th and 30 of 94 on the 7th.
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 1775 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1985: Sunday 6 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1985 falls on Sunday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:26 on Sun 6 Oct to 18:31 on Mon 7 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 30 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 | Sun 6 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 6 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 6 Oct |
| 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 6th | Covered | Sunset 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:26 → 10:31 | 18:30 | 99 min | 18:29 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:26 → 12:31 | 18:23 | 100 min | 18:22 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:26 → 13:31 | 18:30 | 100 min | 18:28 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:26 → 13:31 | 17:53 | 96 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 17:26 → 18:31 | 18:27 | 102 min | 18:25 | 6 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 18:26 → 19:31 | 18:00 | 66 min | 18:00 | 91 min | 7 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:26 → 21:31 | 18:00 | 0 min | 17:59 | 98 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:56 → 23:01 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:00 | 98 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:56 → 23:01 | 17:19 | 0 min | 17:18 | 98 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:26 → 01:31 | 18:55 | 0 min | 18:55 | 95 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:26 → 03:31 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:02 | 91 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 04:26 → 05:31 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:05 | 93 min | 7 Oct |