Evening of Friday 9 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
18:43 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:14
18:1918:4319:0719:3119:5520:1920:43
91 of 91 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2039
Boundaryin Phoenix, 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 Friday 9 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
91 of 91 minutes covered
Evening of Saturday 10 September
Qualifies with 82 of 92 minutes. Not taken.
82 of 92 minutes covered, the first 82
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:28 on Fri 9 Sep to 20:04 on Sat 10 Sep.
2039-09-10T00:27:58Z → 2039-09-11T03:03:30Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:43–20:14 on the 9th, 18:41–20:13 on the 10th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 91 of 91 minutes on the 9th and 82 of 92 on the 10th.
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 571 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 2039: Friday 9 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Phoenix, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2039 falls on Friday 9 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:28 on Fri 9 Sep to 20:04 on Sat 10 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 82 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 | Fri 9 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 10th | Covered | Sunset 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:28 → 20:04 | 19:06 | 57 min | 19:05 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Chicago | 19:28 → 22:04 | 19:09 | 90 min | 19:07 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Jersey City | 20:28 → 23:04 | 19:14 | 91 min | 19:12 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 20:28 → 23:04 | 18:10 | 94 min | 18:09 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| London | 01:28 → 04:04 | 19:27 | 88 min | 19:24 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Durban | 02:28 → 05:04 | 17:45 | 98 min | 17:46 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Dubai | 04:28 → 07:04 | 18:28 | 93 min | 18:27 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Delhi | 05:58 → 08:34 | 18:32 | 92 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Kolkata | 05:58 → 08:34 | 17:45 | 93 min | 17:44 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Singapore | 08:28 → 11:04 | 19:05 | 95 min | 19:05 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Sydney | 10:28 → 13:04 | 17:43 | 98 min | 17:43 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Suva | 12:28 → 15:04 | 18:00 | 97 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 10 Sep |