Evening of Friday 7 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
18:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:44
17:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:4820:12
0 of 92 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1917
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 140 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Friday 7 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 92 minutes covered
Evening of Saturday 8 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
92 of 92 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 22:04 on Fri 7 Sep to 22:29 on Sat 8 Sep.
1917-09-07T18:58:27Z → 1917-09-08T19:23:16Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:12–19:44 on the 7th, 18:11–19:43 on the 8th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 92 minutes on the 7th and 92 of 92 on the 8th.
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 8425 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Riyadh, 1917: Saturday 8 September.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1917 falls on Saturday 8 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:04 on Fri 7 Sep to 22:29 on Sat 8 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 8 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 8 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 8 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Sunset 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:58 → 11:23 | 18:11 | 91 min | 18:10 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Chicago | 12:58 → 13:23 | 18:14 | 89 min | 18:13 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Jersey City | 13:58 → 14:23 | 18:19 | 89 min | 18:18 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 14:58 → 15:23 | 18:12 | 94 min | 18:11 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| London | 19:58 → 20:23 | 19:34 | 62 min | 19:32 | 51 min | 7 Sep |
| Durban | 20:58 → 21:23 | 17:43 | 0 min | 17:44 | 98 min | 8 Sep |
| Dubai | 22:39 → 23:04 | 18:13 | 0 min | 18:12 | 92 min | 8 Sep |
| Delhi | 00:28 → 00:53 | 18:36 | 0 min | 18:35 | 92 min | 8 Sep |
| Kolkata | 00:28 → 00:53 | 17:48 | 0 min | 17:47 | 93 min | 8 Sep |
| Singapore | 01:58 → 02:23 | 18:06 | 0 min | 18:06 | 95 min | 8 Sep |
| Sydney | 04:58 → 05:23 | 17:40 | 0 min | 17:41 | 99 min | 8 Sep |
| Suva | 06:58 → 07:23 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:00 | 97 min | 8 Sep |