Evening of Saturday 3 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
18:34 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:13
18:1018:3418:5819:2219:4620:1020:34
0 of 99 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2015
Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 535 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Saturday 3 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 99 minutes covered
Evening of Sunday 4 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
99 of 99 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 05:08 on Sun 4 Oct to 05:16 on Mon 5 Oct.
2015-10-04T09:08:22Z → 2015-10-05T09:15:31Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:34–20:13 on the 3rd, 18:33–20:12 on the 4th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 99 minutes on the 3rd and 99 of 99 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 32121 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 2015: Sunday 4 October.
confidence: determinate
In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2015 falls on Sunday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:08 on Sun 4 Oct to 05:16 on Mon 5 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 4 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 4 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 4 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Sunset 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:08 → 02:16 | 18:33 | 98 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:08 → 04:16 | 18:27 | 99 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:08 → 05:16 | 18:34 | 99 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:08 → 05:16 | 17:55 | 96 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 10:08 → 10:16 | 18:32 | 101 min | 18:30 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 11:08 → 11:16 | 17:58 | 92 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:08 → 13:16 | 18:03 | 97 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:38 → 14:46 | 18:04 | 98 min | 18:03 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:38 → 14:46 | 17:22 | 97 min | 17:21 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:08 → 17:16 | 18:56 | 95 min | 18:56 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:08 → 20:16 | 18:59 | 23 min | 19:00 | 76 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 21:08 → 21:16 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 93 min | 5 Oct |