Evening of Sunday 4 October
Qualifies with 43 of 99 minutes. Not taken.
17:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:51
Aṣṭamī begins 18:08:22
16:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:12
43 of 99 minutes covered, the last 43
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2015
Boundaryin Sapporo, 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 Sunday 4 October
Qualifies with 43 of 99 minutes. Not taken.
43 of 99 minutes covered, the last 43
Evening of Monday 5 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
66 of 100 minutes covered, the first 66
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:08 on Sun 4 Oct to 18:16 on Mon 5 Oct.
2015-10-04T09:08:22Z → 2015-10-05T09:15:31Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:12–18:51 on the 4th, 17:10–18:50 on the 5th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 43 of 99 minutes on the 4th and 66 of 100 on the 5th.
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 2043 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Sapporo, 2015: Monday 5 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Sapporo, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2015 falls on Monday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:08 on Sun 4 Oct to 18:16 on Mon 5 Oct and covers 66 of 100 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 43 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 | Mon 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 4 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Sapporo. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Sunset 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:08 → 02:16 | 18:33 | 98 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:08 → 04:16 | 18:27 | 99 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:08 → 05:16 | 18:34 | 99 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:08 → 05:16 | 17:55 | 96 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 10:08 → 10:16 | 18:32 | 101 min | 18:30 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 11:08 → 11:16 | 17:58 | 92 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:08 → 13:16 | 18:03 | 97 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:38 → 14:46 | 18:04 | 98 min | 18:03 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:38 → 14:46 | 17:22 | 97 min | 17:21 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:08 → 17:16 | 18:56 | 95 min | 18:56 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:08 → 20:16 | 18:59 | 23 min | 19:00 | 76 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 21:08 → 21:16 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 93 min | 5 Oct |