Evening of Monday 10 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
18:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:42
17:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:4720:11
92 of 92 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1906
Boundaryin Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 18 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Monday 10 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
92 of 92 minutes covered
Evening of Tuesday 11 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 92 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 15:40 on Mon 10 Sep to 18:05 on Tue 11 Sep.
1906-09-10T07:40:11Z → 1906-09-11T10:05:05Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:11–19:42 on the 10th, 18:09–19:41 on the 11th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 92 of 92 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 92 on the 11th.
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 258 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Shaoxing, 1906: Monday 10 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Shaoxing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1906 falls on Monday 10 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:40 on Mon 10 Sep to 18:05 on Tue 11 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It is 4 min 18 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 10 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 10 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 10 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing. | ||
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 10th | Covered | Sunset 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:40 → 02:05 | 18:07 | 91 min | 18:06 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Chicago | 01:40 → 04:05 | 18:10 | 90 min | 18:08 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Jersey City | 02:40 → 05:05 | 18:15 | 90 min | 18:13 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 03:40 → 06:05 | 18:10 | 94 min | 18:09 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| London | 07:40 → 10:05 | 18:28 | 88 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Durban | 09:40 → 12:05 | 17:45 | 98 min | 17:45 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Dubai | 11:21 → 13:46 | 18:10 | 93 min | 18:09 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Delhi | 13:10 → 15:35 | 18:33 | 92 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Kolkata | 13:10 → 15:35 | 17:46 | 93 min | 17:45 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Singapore | 14:40 → 17:05 | 18:05 | 95 min | 18:05 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Sydney | 17:40 → 20:05 | 17:42 | 99 min | 17:43 | 98 min | 10 Sep |
| Suva | 19:35 → 22:00 | 17:55 | 0 min | 17:55 | 97 min | 11 Sep |