Evening of Saturday 21 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
17:51 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:26
Aṣṭamī begins 17:51:00
17:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:2719:51
95 of 95 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2019
Boundaryin Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 08 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Saturday 21 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
95 of 95 minutes covered
Evening of Sunday 22 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 95 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:51 on Sat 21 Sep to 17:20 on Sun 22 Sep.
2019-09-21T14:51:01Z → 2019-09-22T14:20:23Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:51–19:26 on the 21st, 17:50–19:25 on the 22nd.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 95 on the 22nd.
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 8 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Riyadh, 2019: Saturday 21 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Riyadh, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2019 falls on Saturday 21 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:51 on Sat 21 Sep to 17:20 on Sun 22 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It is 0 min 08 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 21 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 21 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 21 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 21st | Covered | Sunset 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:51 → 07:20 | 18:51 | 95 min | 18:50 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Chicago | 09:51 → 09:20 | 18:50 | 94 min | 18:48 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Jersey City | 10:51 → 10:20 | 18:55 | 94 min | 18:54 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 10:51 → 10:20 | 18:03 | 95 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| London | 15:51 → 15:20 | 19:02 | 94 min | 18:59 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Durban | 16:51 → 16:20 | 17:51 | 95 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Dubai | 18:51 → 18:20 | 18:17 | 60 min | 18:16 | 5 min | 21 Sep |
| Delhi | 20:21 → 19:50 | 18:19 | 0 min | 18:18 | 92 min | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 20:21 → 19:50 | 17:34 | 0 min | 17:33 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Singapore | 22:51 → 22:20 | 19:01 | 0 min | 19:01 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Sydney | 00:51 → 00:20 | 17:50 | 0 min | 17:51 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Suva | 02:51 → 02:20 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 22 Sep |