Evening of Friday 11 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
18:01 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:34
Aṣṭamī begins 18:05:05
17:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01
89 of 93 minutes covered, the last 89
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2009
Boundaryin Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 59 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Friday 11 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
89 of 93 minutes covered, the last 89
Evening of Saturday 12 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 93 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:05 on Fri 11 Sep to 16:21 on Sat 12 Sep.
2009-09-11T15:05:05Z → 2009-09-12T13:20:51Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:01–19:34 on the 11th, 18:00–19:33 on the 12th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 89 of 93 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 93 on the 12th.
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 239 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Riyadh, 2009: Friday 11 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Riyadh, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2009 falls on Friday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:05 on Fri 11 Sep to 16:21 on Sat 12 Sep and covers 89 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It is 3 min 59 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 11 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 11 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 11 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 11th | Covered | Sunset 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:05 → 06:21 | 19:04 | 92 min | 19:03 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Chicago | 10:05 → 08:21 | 19:06 | 91 min | 19:05 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Jersey City | 11:05 → 09:21 | 19:11 | 91 min | 19:10 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 11:05 → 09:21 | 18:09 | 94 min | 18:08 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| London | 16:05 → 14:21 | 19:24 | 89 min | 19:21 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Durban | 17:05 → 15:21 | 17:46 | 98 min | 17:47 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Dubai | 19:05 → 17:21 | 18:27 | 55 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 11 Sep |
| Delhi | 20:35 → 18:51 | 18:31 | 0 min | 18:30 | 21 min | 12 Sep |
| Kolkata | 20:35 → 18:51 | 17:44 | 0 min | 17:43 | 68 min | 12 Sep |
| Singapore | 23:05 → 21:21 | 19:05 | 0 min | 19:04 | 95 min | 12 Sep |
| Sydney | 01:05 → 23:21 | 17:44 | 0 min | 17:44 | 98 min | 12 Sep |
| Suva | 03:05 → 01:21 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:00 | 97 min | 12 Sep |