Evening of Monday 16 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
18:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
Aṣṭamī begins 18:23:09
17:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:03
76 of 95 minutes covered, the last 76
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2041
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 16 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
76 of 95 minutes covered, the last 76
Evening of Tuesday 17 September
Qualifies with 50 of 95 minutes. Not taken.
50 of 95 minutes covered, the first 50
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:23 on Mon 16 Sep to 18:54 on Tue 17 Sep.
2041-09-16T17:23:10Z → 2041-09-17T17:53:36Z
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′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 76 of 95 minutes on the 16th and 50 of 95 on the 17th.
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 1181 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 2041: Monday 16 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2041 falls on Monday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:23 on Mon 16 Sep to 18:54 on Tue 17 Sep and covers 76 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 50 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 | Mon 16 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 16 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 16 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 16th | Covered | Sunset 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:23 → 10:54 | 18:57 | 93 min | 18:56 | 0 min | 16 Sep |
| Chicago | 12:23 → 12:54 | 18:57 | 93 min | 18:55 | 0 min | 16 Sep |
| Jersey City | 13:23 → 13:54 | 19:03 | 93 min | 19:01 | 0 min | 16 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 13:23 → 13:54 | 18:06 | 95 min | 18:05 | 0 min | 16 Sep |
| London | 18:23 → 18:54 | 19:12 | 92 min | 19:09 | 0 min | 16 Sep |
| Durban | 19:23 → 19:54 | 17:49 | 2 min | 17:49 | 96 min | 17 Sep |
| Dubai | 21:23 → 21:54 | 18:21 | 0 min | 18:20 | 94 min | 17 Sep |
| Delhi | 22:53 → 23:24 | 18:25 | 0 min | 18:23 | 94 min | 17 Sep |
| Kolkata | 22:53 → 23:24 | 17:39 | 0 min | 17:38 | 94 min | 17 Sep |
| Singapore | 01:23 → 01:54 | 19:03 | 0 min | 19:02 | 95 min | 17 Sep |
| Sydney | 03:23 → 03:54 | 17:47 | 0 min | 17:48 | 96 min | 17 Sep |
| Suva | 05:23 → 05:54 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:01 | 96 min | 17 Sep |