Evening of Friday 9 September
Qualifies with 17 of 90 minutes. Not taken.
19:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:45
Aṣṭamī begins 20:27:58
18:5019:1419:3820:0220:2620:5021:14
17 of 90 minutes covered, the last 17
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2039
Boundaryin Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Friday 9 September
Qualifies with 17 of 90 minutes. Not taken.
17 of 90 minutes covered, the last 17
Evening of Saturday 10 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
91 of 91 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:28 on Fri 9 Sep to 23:04 on Sat 10 Sep.
2039-09-10T00:27:58Z → 2039-09-11T03:03:30Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:14–20:45 on the 9th, 19:13–20:43 on the 10th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 17 of 90 minutes on the 9th and 91 of 91 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 995 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 2039: Saturday 10 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2039 falls on Saturday 10 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:28 on Fri 9 Sep to 23:04 on Sat 10 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 17 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 10 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 10 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 10 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 10th | Covered | Sunset 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:28 → 20:04 | 19:06 | 57 min | 19:05 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Chicago | 19:28 → 22:04 | 19:09 | 90 min | 19:07 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Jersey City | 20:28 → 23:04 | 19:14 | 91 min | 19:12 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 20:28 → 23:04 | 18:10 | 94 min | 18:09 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| London | 01:28 → 04:04 | 19:27 | 88 min | 19:24 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Durban | 02:28 → 05:04 | 17:45 | 98 min | 17:46 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Dubai | 04:28 → 07:04 | 18:28 | 93 min | 18:27 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Delhi | 05:58 → 08:34 | 18:32 | 92 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Kolkata | 05:58 → 08:34 | 17:45 | 93 min | 17:44 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Singapore | 08:28 → 11:04 | 19:05 | 95 min | 19:05 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Sydney | 10:28 → 13:04 | 17:43 | 98 min | 17:43 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Suva | 12:28 → 15:04 | 18:00 | 97 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 10 Sep |