Evening of Wednesday 9 September
Qualifies with 77 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
17:17 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:53
Aṣṭamī begins 17:36:13
16:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:5319:17
77 of 96 minutes covered, the last 77
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2020
Boundaryin Recife, 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 9 September
Qualifies with 77 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
77 of 96 minutes covered, the last 77
Evening of Thursday 10 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
96 of 96 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:36 on Wed 9 Sep to 19:05 on Thu 10 Sep.
2020-09-09T20:36:14Z → 2020-09-10T22:05:18Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:17–18:53 on the 9th, 17:17–18:53 on the 10th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 77 of 96 minutes on the 9th and 96 of 96 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 761 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Recife, 2020: Thursday 10 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Recife, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2020 falls on Thursday 10 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:36 on Wed 9 Sep to 19:05 on Thu 10 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 77 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 | Thu 10 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 10 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 9 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Recife. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Sunset 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:36 → 15:05 | 19:07 | 92 min | 19:05 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Chicago | 15:36 → 17:05 | 19:09 | 90 min | 19:07 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Jersey City | 16:36 → 18:05 | 19:14 | 90 min | 19:13 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 16:36 → 18:05 | 18:10 | 94 min | 18:09 | 0 min | 9 Sep |
| London | 21:36 → 23:05 | 19:28 | 0 min | 19:25 | 89 min | 10 Sep |
| Durban | 22:36 → 00:05 | 17:45 | 0 min | 17:46 | 98 min | 10 Sep |
| Dubai | 00:36 → 02:05 | 18:29 | 0 min | 18:28 | 93 min | 10 Sep |
| Delhi | 02:06 → 03:35 | 18:33 | 0 min | 18:32 | 92 min | 10 Sep |
| Kolkata | 02:06 → 03:35 | 17:45 | 0 min | 17:44 | 93 min | 10 Sep |
| Singapore | 04:36 → 06:05 | 19:05 | 0 min | 19:05 | 95 min | 10 Sep |
| Sydney | 06:36 → 08:05 | 17:42 | 0 min | 17:43 | 98 min | 10 Sep |
| Suva | 08:36 → 10:05 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:00 | 97 min | 10 Sep |