Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1995

Saturday 16 September

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 400 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 Saturday 16 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:03

96 of 96 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 17 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:03

0 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 08:56 on Sat 16 Sep to 11:23 on Sun 17 Sep.

    1995-09-16T07:55:59Z → 1995-09-17T10:23:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:03–19:39 on the 16th, 18:03–19:39 on the 17th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 96 of 96 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 95 on the 17th.

    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 24012 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1995: Saturday 16 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1995 falls on Saturday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:56 on Sat 16 Sep to 11:23 on Sun 17 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/1995/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 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 16thCoveredSunset 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:56 → 03:2318:5893 min18:570 min16 Sep
Chicago02:56 → 05:2318:5993 min18:570 min16 Sep
Jersey City03:56 → 06:2319:0493 min19:020 min16 Sep
Port of Spain03:56 → 06:2318:0695 min18:050 min16 Sep
London08:56 → 11:2319:1491 min19:110 min16 Sep
Durban09:56 → 12:2317:4897 min17:490 min16 Sep
Dubai11:56 → 14:2318:2294 min18:210 min16 Sep
Delhi13:26 → 15:5318:2694 min18:240 min16 Sep
Kolkata13:26 → 15:5317:3994 min17:380 min16 Sep
Singapore15:56 → 18:2319:0395 min19:030 min16 Sep
Sydney17:56 → 20:2317:4687 min17:4797 min17 Sep
Suva19:56 → 22:2318:010 min18:0196 min17 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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