Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1921

Saturday 24 September

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 479 minutes.

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40°41′ N 73°50′ W · America/New_York · GeoNames 5133273

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Friday 23 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:51 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:26
18:2718:5119:1519:3920:0320:2720:51

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 24 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:50 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:25
18:2618:5019:1419:3820:0220:2620:50

95 of 95 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 06:02 on Sat 24 Sep to 03:25 on Sun 25 Sep.

    1921-09-24T10:02:28Z → 1921-09-25T08:24:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:51–20:26 on the 23rd, 18:50–20:25 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 95 of 95 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 28768 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 1921: Saturday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1921 falls on Saturday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:02 on Sat 24 Sep to 03:25 on Sun 25 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/1921/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens.

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 Angeles02:02 → 00:2517:4795 min17:460 min24 Sep
Chicago05:02 → 03:2518:4595 min18:430 min24 Sep
Jersey City06:02 → 03:2518:5195 min17:490 min24 Sep
Port of Spain06:02 → 04:2518:0195 min18:000 min24 Sep
London11:02 → 09:2518:5595 min18:530 min24 Sep
Durban12:02 → 10:2517:5395 min17:530 min24 Sep
Dubai14:02 → 12:2518:1495 min18:130 min24 Sep
Delhi15:32 → 13:5518:1695 min18:150 min24 Sep
Kolkata15:32 → 13:5517:3195 min17:300 min24 Sep
Singapore17:02 → 15:2518:0095 min17:590 min24 Sep
Sydney20:02 → 18:2517:520 min17:5332 min25 Sep
Suva22:02 → 20:2518:020 min18:0295 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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