Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2003

Thursday 18 September

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 321 minutes.

Decide it for

QueensDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Wednesday 17 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:01 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:34
18:3719:0119:2519:4920:1320:3721:01

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 18 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

19:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:33
18:3619:0019:2419:4820:1220:3621:00

93 of 93 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 01:55 on Thu 18 Sep to 04:03 on Fri 19 Sep.

    2003-09-18T05:55:25Z → 2003-09-19T08:02:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:01–20:34 on the 17th, 19:00–20:33 on the 18th.

    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 93 minutes on the 17th and 93 of 93 on the 18th.

    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 19269 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 2003: Thursday 18 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2003 falls on Thursday 18 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:55 on Thu 18 Sep to 04:03 on Fri 19 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/2003/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 18 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 18 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 18 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 18thCoveredSunset 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:55 → 01:0318:5594 min18:540 min18 Sep
Chicago00:55 → 03:0318:5593 min18:530 min18 Sep
Jersey City01:55 → 04:0319:0193 min18:590 min18 Sep
Port of Spain01:55 → 04:0318:0595 min18:040 min18 Sep
London06:55 → 09:0319:0992 min19:070 min18 Sep
Durban07:55 → 10:0317:4996 min17:500 min18 Sep
Dubai09:55 → 12:0318:2094 min18:190 min18 Sep
Delhi11:25 → 13:3318:2394 min18:220 min18 Sep
Kolkata11:25 → 13:3317:3794 min17:360 min18 Sep
Singapore13:55 → 16:0319:0295 min19:020 min18 Sep
Sydney15:55 → 18:0317:4896 min17:4914 min18 Sep
Suva17:55 → 20:0318:0196 min18:0196 min18 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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