Evening of Friday 11 September
Qualifies with 51 of 92 minutes. Not taken.
18:39 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:11
Aṣṭamī begins 19:20:39
18:1518:3919:0319:2719:5120:1520:39
51 of 92 minutes covered, the last 51
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2093
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 11 September
Qualifies with 51 of 92 minutes. Not taken.
51 of 92 minutes covered, the last 51
Evening of Saturday 12 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
93 of 93 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:21 on Fri 11 Sep to 21:21 on Sat 12 Sep.
2093-09-12T02:20:39Z → 2093-09-13T04:21:19Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:39–20:11 on the 11th, 18:38–20:10 on the 12th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 51 of 92 minutes on the 11th and 93 of 93 on the 12th.
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 2501 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 2093: Saturday 12 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Phoenix, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2093 falls on Saturday 12 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:21 on Fri 11 Sep to 21:21 on Sat 12 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 51 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 | Sat 12 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 12 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 12 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 12th | Covered | Sunset 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:21 → 21:21 | 19:02 | 92 min | 19:01 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Chicago | 21:21 → 23:21 | 19:04 | 92 min | 19:02 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Jersey City | 22:21 → 00:21 | 19:09 | 92 min | 19:07 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 22:21 → 00:21 | 18:08 | 94 min | 18:08 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| London | 03:21 → 05:21 | 19:20 | 90 min | 19:18 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Durban | 04:21 → 06:21 | 17:47 | 97 min | 17:48 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Dubai | 06:21 → 08:21 | 18:26 | 93 min | 18:24 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Delhi | 07:51 → 09:51 | 18:29 | 93 min | 18:28 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Kolkata | 07:51 → 09:51 | 17:43 | 93 min | 17:42 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Singapore | 10:21 → 12:21 | 19:04 | 95 min | 19:04 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Sydney | 12:21 → 14:21 | 17:45 | 98 min | 17:46 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Suva | 14:21 → 16:21 | 18:01 | 96 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 12 Sep |