Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2014

Monday 15 September

Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 627 minutes.

Decide it for

PhoenixDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Sunday 14 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:09
18:1218:3619:0019:2419:4820:1220:36

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 15 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:34 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:07
18:1018:3418:5819:2219:4620:1020:34

93 of 93 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 06:36 on Mon 15 Sep to 07:44 on Tue 16 Sep.

    2014-09-15T13:35:34Z → 2014-09-16T14:44:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:36–20:09 on the 14th, 18:34–20:07 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 93 minutes on the 14th and 93 of 93 on the 15th.

    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 37624 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 2014: Monday 15 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2014 falls on Monday 15 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:36 on Mon 15 Sep to 07:44 on Tue 16 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/phoenix/festivals/2014/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 15 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 15 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 15 Sep
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 15thCoveredSunset 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:36 → 07:4418:5993 min18:580 min15 Sep
Chicago08:36 → 09:4419:0092 min18:580 min15 Sep
Jersey City09:36 → 10:4419:0592 min19:030 min15 Sep
Port of Spain09:36 → 10:4418:0695 min18:060 min15 Sep
London14:36 → 15:4419:1591 min19:130 min15 Sep
Durban15:36 → 16:4417:4897 min17:490 min15 Sep
Dubai17:36 → 18:4418:2394 min18:2222 min15 Sep
Delhi19:06 → 20:1418:2654 min18:2594 min16 Sep
Kolkata19:06 → 20:1417:408 min17:3994 min16 Sep
Singapore21:36 → 22:4419:030 min19:0395 min16 Sep
Sydney23:36 → 00:4417:460 min17:4797 min16 Sep
Suva01:36 → 02:4418:010 min18:0196 min16 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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