Evening of Tuesday 30 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:30
Aṣṭamī begins 18:39:35
17:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:52
50 of 97 minutes covered, the last 50
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1980
Boundaryin Mosul, 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 Tuesday 30 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
50 of 97 minutes covered, the last 50
Evening of Wednesday 1 October
Qualifies with 17 of 98 minutes. Not taken.
17 of 98 minutes covered, the first 17
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:40 on Tue 30 Sep to 18:08 on Wed 1 Oct.
1980-09-30T15:39:35Z → 1980-10-01T15:07:51Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:52–19:30 on the 30th, 17:51–19:29 on the 1st.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 50 of 97 minutes on the 30th and 17 of 98 on the 1st.
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 1014 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Mosul, 1980: Tuesday 30 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Mosul, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1980 falls on Tuesday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:40 on Tue 30 Sep to 18:08 on Wed 1 Oct and covers 50 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next 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 30 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 30 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 30 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Mosul. | ||
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 30th | Covered | Sunset 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:40 → 08:08 | 18:38 | 97 min | 18:36 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| Chicago | 10:40 → 10:08 | 18:33 | 98 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| Jersey City | 11:40 → 11:08 | 18:39 | 98 min | 18:38 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 11:40 → 11:08 | 17:57 | 96 min | 17:56 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| London | 16:40 → 16:08 | 18:40 | 99 min | 18:38 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| Durban | 17:40 → 17:08 | 17:56 | 93 min | 17:57 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| Dubai | 19:40 → 19:08 | 18:06 | 3 min | 18:05 | 62 min | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:10 → 20:38 | 18:08 | 0 min | 18:07 | 97 min | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:10 → 20:38 | 17:25 | 0 min | 17:24 | 97 min | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:10 → 22:38 | 18:27 | 0 min | 18:27 | 95 min | 1 Oct |
| Sydney | 01:40 → 01:08 | 17:57 | 0 min | 17:57 | 93 min | 1 Oct |
| Suva | 03:40 → 03:08 | 18:03 | 0 min | 18:04 | 94 min | 1 Oct |