Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2024

Tuesday 24 September

Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 224 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 Monday 23 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:22 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:58
17:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:5820:22

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 24 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:57
17:5718:2118:4519:0919:3319:5720:21

96 of 96 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 00:09 on Tue 24 Sep to 23:41 on Tue 24 Sep.

    2024-09-24T07:09:23Z → 2024-09-25T06:41:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:22–19:58 on the 23rd, 18:21–19:57 on the 24th.

    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 95 minutes on the 23rd and 96 of 96 on the 24th.

    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 13469 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 2024: Tuesday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2024 falls on Tuesday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:09 on Tue 24 Sep to 23:41 on Tue 24 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/phoenix/festivals/2024/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:09 → 23:4118:4696 min18:440 min24 Sep
Chicago02:09 → 01:4118:4396 min18:410 min24 Sep
Jersey City03:09 → 02:4118:4996 min18:470 min24 Sep
Port of Spain03:09 → 02:4118:0095 min18:000 min24 Sep
London08:09 → 07:4118:5396 min18:510 min24 Sep
Durban09:09 → 08:4117:5394 min17:540 min24 Sep
Dubai11:09 → 10:4118:1396 min18:110 min24 Sep
Delhi12:39 → 12:1118:1596 min18:140 min24 Sep
Kolkata12:39 → 12:1117:3095 min17:290 min24 Sep
Singapore15:09 → 14:4118:5995 min18:590 min24 Sep
Sydney17:09 → 16:4117:5394 min17:530 min24 Sep
Suva19:09 → 18:4118:0228 min18:0339 min25 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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