Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2043

Friday 25 September

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 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 Thursday 24 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:49 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:25
18:2518:4919:1319:3720:0120:2520:49

0 of 96 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 25 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:47 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:23
18:2318:4719:1119:3519:5920:2320:47

96 of 96 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 03:43 on Fri 25 Sep to 01:43 on Sat 26 Sep.

    2043-09-25T07:43:07Z → 2043-09-26T05:42:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:49–20:25 on the 24th, 18:47–20:23 on the 25th.

    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 96 minutes on the 24th and 96 of 96 on the 25th.

    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 19176 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 2043: Friday 25 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2043 falls on Friday 25 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:43 on Fri 25 Sep to 01:43 on Sat 26 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/2043/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 25thCoveredSunset 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:43 → 22:4318:4596 min18:440 min25 Sep
Chicago02:43 → 00:4318:4296 min18:410 min25 Sep
Jersey City03:43 → 01:4318:4896 min18:470 min25 Sep
Port of Spain03:43 → 01:4318:0095 min17:590 min25 Sep
London08:43 → 06:4318:5296 min18:500 min25 Sep
Durban09:43 → 07:4317:5394 min17:540 min25 Sep
Dubai11:43 → 09:4318:1296 min18:110 min25 Sep
Delhi13:13 → 11:1318:1496 min18:130 min25 Sep
Kolkata13:13 → 11:1317:3096 min17:290 min25 Sep
Singapore15:43 → 13:4318:5995 min18:590 min25 Sep
Sydney17:43 → 15:4317:5394 min17:540 min25 Sep
Suva19:43 → 17:4318:020 min18:030 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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