Evening of Friday 5 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:09 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:49
16:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:09
100 of 100 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2091
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 Friday 5 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
100 of 100 minutes covered
Evening of Saturday 6 October
Qualifies with 10 of 100 minutes. Not taken.
10 of 100 minutes covered, the first 10
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:22 on Fri 5 Oct to 17:17 on Sat 6 Oct.
2091-10-05T07:22:05Z → 2091-10-06T08:17:22Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:09–18:49 on the 5th, 17:08–18:48 on the 6th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 100 of 100 minutes on the 5th and 10 of 100 on the 6th.
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 590 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Sapporo, 2091: Friday 5 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Sapporo, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2091 falls on Friday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:22 on Fri 5 Oct to 17:17 on Sat 6 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 10 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 | Fri 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 5 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 5th | Covered | Sunset 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:22 → 01:17 | 18:31 | 99 min | 18:30 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:22 → 03:17 | 18:25 | 100 min | 18:23 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:22 → 04:17 | 18:31 | 100 min | 18:30 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:22 → 04:17 | 17:54 | 96 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| London | 08:22 → 09:17 | 18:29 | 102 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 09:22 → 10:17 | 18:00 | 92 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:22 → 12:17 | 18:01 | 98 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:52 → 13:47 | 18:02 | 98 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:52 → 13:47 | 17:20 | 97 min | 17:19 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:22 → 16:17 | 18:56 | 95 min | 18:56 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:22 → 18:17 | 18:01 | 91 min | 18:02 | 16 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 19:22 → 20:17 | 18:05 | 16 min | 18:05 | 93 min | 6 Oct |