Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1971

Saturday 11 September

Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 28 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Saturday 11 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:37
Aṣṭamī begins 18:58:57
17:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

38 of 97 minutes covered, the last 38

Evening of Sunday 12 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:37
Aṣṭamī ends 17:57:50
17:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

0 of 97 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 18:59 on Sat 11 Sep to 17:58 on Sun 12 Sep.

    1971-09-11T06:58:57Z → 1971-09-12T05:57:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:00–19:37 on the 11th, 18:00–19:37 on the 12th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 38 of 97 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 97 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 148 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Suva, 1971: Saturday 11 September.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Suva, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1971 falls on Saturday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:59 on Sat 11 Sep to 17:58 on Sun 12 Sep and covers 38 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It is 2 min 28 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/1971/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīSunset 11thCoveredSunset 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:59 → 22:5819:0692 min19:040 min11 Sep
Chicago01:59 → 00:5819:0891 min19:060 min11 Sep
Jersey City02:59 → 01:5819:1391 min19:110 min11 Sep
Port of Spain02:59 → 01:5818:0994 min18:090 min11 Sep
London07:59 → 06:5819:2689 min19:230 min11 Sep
Durban08:59 → 07:5817:4698 min17:460 min11 Sep
Dubai10:59 → 09:5818:2893 min18:270 min11 Sep
Delhi12:29 → 11:2818:3292 min18:310 min11 Sep
Kolkata12:29 → 11:2817:4593 min17:440 min11 Sep
Singapore14:29 → 13:2818:3595 min18:350 min11 Sep
Sydney16:59 → 15:5817:4398 min17:440 min11 Sep
Suva18:59 → 17:5818:0038 min18:000 min11 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
jitashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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