Evening of Wednesday 11 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
19:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:42
18:4719:1119:3519:5920:2320:4721:11
91 of 91 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2047
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 Wednesday 11 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
91 of 91 minutes covered
Evening of Thursday 12 September
Qualifies with 67 of 91 minutes. Not taken.
67 of 91 minutes covered, the first 67
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:14 on Wed 11 Sep to 20:16 on Thu 12 Sep.
2047-09-11T22:13:53Z → 2047-09-13T00:15:52Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:11–20:42 on the 11th, 19:09–20:41 on the 12th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 91 of 91 minutes on the 11th and 67 of 91 on the 12th.
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 1479 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Queens, 2047: Wednesday 11 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Queens, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2047 falls on Wednesday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:14 on Wed 11 Sep to 20:16 on Thu 12 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 67 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 | Wed 11 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 11 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 11 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 11th | Covered | Sunset 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:14 → 17:16 | 19:05 | 92 min | 19:02 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Chicago | 17:14 → 19:16 | 19:07 | 91 min | 19:03 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Jersey City | 18:14 → 20:16 | 19:12 | 91 min | 19:08 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 18:14 → 20:16 | 18:09 | 89 min | 18:08 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| London | 23:14 → 01:16 | 19:24 | 0 min | 19:20 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Durban | 00:14 → 02:16 | 17:46 | 0 min | 17:47 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Dubai | 02:14 → 04:16 | 18:27 | 0 min | 18:25 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Delhi | 03:44 → 05:46 | 18:31 | 0 min | 18:29 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Kolkata | 03:44 → 05:46 | 17:44 | 0 min | 17:42 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Singapore | 06:14 → 08:16 | 19:05 | 0 min | 19:04 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Sydney | 08:14 → 10:16 | 17:44 | 0 min | 17:45 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Suva | 10:14 → 12:16 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 12 Sep |