Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2072

Tuesday 4 October

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 122 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 4 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:36
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

94 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 5 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:36
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

0 of 94 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 15:59 on Tue 4 Oct to 14:50 on Wed 5 Oct.

    2072-10-04T14:59:21Z → 2072-10-05T13:50:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:36 on the 4th, 18:02–19:36 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 94 on the 5th.

    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 7348 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Luanda, 2072: Tuesday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2072 falls on Tuesday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:59 on Tue 4 Oct to 14:50 on Wed 5 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/2072/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 4 Oct
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 4thCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:59 → 06:5018:3299 min18:300 min4 Oct
Chicago09:59 → 08:5018:25100 min18:240 min4 Oct
Jersey City10:59 → 09:5018:32100 min18:300 min4 Oct
Port of Spain10:59 → 09:5017:5496 min17:530 min4 Oct
London15:59 → 14:5018:29101 min18:270 min4 Oct
Durban16:59 → 15:5017:5992 min18:000 min4 Oct
Dubai18:59 → 17:5018:0240 min18:010 min4 Oct
Delhi20:29 → 19:2018:030 min18:0279 min5 Oct
Kolkata20:29 → 19:2017:210 min17:2097 min5 Oct
Singapore22:59 → 21:5018:560 min18:5695 min5 Oct
Sydney01:59 → 00:5019:000 min19:0191 min5 Oct
Suva02:59 → 01:5018:040 min18:0593 min5 Oct
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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