Evening of Thursday 22 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
18:51 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:26
Aṣṭamī begins 18:49:05
18:2718:5119:1519:3920:0320:2720:51
95 of 95 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2016
Boundaryin Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 17 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Thursday 22 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
95 of 95 minutes covered
Evening of Friday 23 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 95 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:49 on Thu 22 Sep to 17:11 on Fri 23 Sep.
2016-09-22T22:49:05Z → 2016-09-23T21:10:59Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:51–20:26 on the 22nd, 18:50–20:25 on the 23rd.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 95 on the 23rd.
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 137 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 2016: Thursday 22 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2016 falls on Thursday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:49 on Thu 22 Sep to 17:11 on Fri 23 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It is 2 min 17 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 22 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 22 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 22 Sep |
| 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 22nd | Covered | Sunset 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:49 → 14:11 | 18:49 | 95 min | 18:47 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Chicago | 17:49 → 16:11 | 18:47 | 95 min | 18:45 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Jersey City | 18:49 → 17:11 | 18:52 | 95 min | 18:51 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 18:49 → 17:11 | 18:02 | 48 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| London | 23:49 → 22:11 | 18:58 | 0 min | 18:55 | 95 min | 23 Sep |
| Durban | 00:49 → 23:11 | 17:52 | 0 min | 17:53 | 95 min | 23 Sep |
| Dubai | 02:49 → 01:11 | 18:15 | 0 min | 18:14 | 95 min | 23 Sep |
| Delhi | 04:19 → 02:41 | 18:17 | 0 min | 18:16 | 95 min | 23 Sep |
| Kolkata | 04:19 → 02:41 | 17:33 | 0 min | 17:32 | 95 min | 23 Sep |
| Singapore | 06:49 → 05:11 | 19:00 | 0 min | 19:00 | 95 min | 23 Sep |
| Sydney | 08:49 → 07:11 | 17:51 | 0 min | 17:52 | 95 min | 23 Sep |
| Suva | 10:49 → 09:11 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 23 Sep |