Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1939

Thursday 5 October

Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 419 minutes.

Decide it for

33°27′ N 112°04′ W · America/Phoenix · GeoNames 5308655

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Thursday 5 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:08 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:46
17:4418:0818:3218:5619:2019:4420:08

98 of 98 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 6 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:45
17:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:4320:07

0 of 99 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 11:10 on Thu 5 Oct to 09:37 on Fri 6 Oct.

    1939-10-05T18:09:32Z → 1939-10-06T16:37:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:08–19:46 on the 5th, 18:07–19:45 on the 6th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 98 of 98 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 99 on the 6th.

    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 25114 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 1939: Thursday 5 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1939 falls on Thursday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:10 on Thu 5 Oct to 09:37 on Fri 6 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/phoenix/festivals/1939/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix.

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 5thCoveredSunset 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:10 → 08:3717:3298 min17:310 min5 Oct
Chicago12:10 → 10:3717:2799 min17:250 min5 Oct
Jersey City13:10 → 11:3717:3399 min17:310 min5 Oct
Port of Spain14:10 → 12:3717:5496 min17:540 min5 Oct
London19:10 → 17:3718:3162 min18:290 min5 Oct
Durban20:10 → 18:3717:590 min17:5938 min6 Oct
Dubai22:10 → 20:3718:020 min18:0198 min6 Oct
Delhi23:40 → 22:0718:030 min18:0298 min6 Oct
Kolkata23:40 → 22:0717:210 min17:2097 min6 Oct
Singapore01:30 → 23:5718:160 min18:1695 min6 Oct
Sydney04:10 → 02:3718:000 min18:0091 min6 Oct
Suva06:10 → 04:3718:040 min18:0493 min6 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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