Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2094

Thursday 30 September

Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 252 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 30 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:13 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:51
17:4918:1318:3719:0119:2519:4920:13

97 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 1 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:50
17:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:4820:12

0 of 98 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 12:45 on Thu 30 Sep to 14:00 on Fri 1 Oct.

    2094-09-30T19:44:32Z → 2094-10-01T21:00:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:13–19:51 on the 30th, 18:12–19:50 on the 1st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 98 on the 1st.

    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 15090 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 2094: Thursday 30 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2094 falls on Thursday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:45 on Thu 30 Sep to 14:00 on Fri 1 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/phoenix/festivals/2094/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 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 30thCoveredSunset 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:45 → 14:0018:3897 min18:360 min30 Sep
Chicago14:45 → 16:0018:3398 min18:310 min30 Sep
Jersey City15:45 → 17:0018:3998 min18:370 min30 Sep
Port of Spain15:45 → 17:0017:5796 min17:560 min30 Sep
London20:45 → 22:0018:390 min18:37100 min1 Oct
Durban21:45 → 23:0017:570 min17:5793 min1 Oct
Dubai23:45 → 01:0018:060 min18:0597 min1 Oct
Delhi01:15 → 02:3018:080 min18:0797 min1 Oct
Kolkata01:15 → 02:3017:250 min17:2497 min1 Oct
Singapore03:45 → 05:0018:580 min18:5795 min1 Oct
Sydney05:45 → 07:0017:570 min17:5892 min1 Oct
Suva07:45 → 09:0018:040 min18:0494 min1 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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