Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1990

Wednesday 12 September

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 minutes.

Decide it for

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18°08′ S 178°26′ E · Pacific/Fiji · GeoNames 2198148

The two evenings

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

Evening of Tuesday 11 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

0 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 12 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:37
Aṣṭamī ends 19:50:59
17:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

97 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 21:59 on Tue 11 Sep to 19:51 on Wed 12 Sep.

    1990-09-11T09:58:40Z → 1990-09-12T07:50:59Z

  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 0 of 97 minutes on the 11th and 97 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 840 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Suva, 1990: Wednesday 12 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1990 falls on Wednesday 12 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:59 on Tue 11 Sep to 19:51 on Wed 12 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/1990/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 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 Angeles02:59 → 00:5119:0592 min19:040 min11 Sep
Chicago04:59 → 02:5119:0791 min19:050 min11 Sep
Jersey City05:59 → 03:5119:1291 min19:100 min11 Sep
Port of Spain05:59 → 03:5118:0994 min18:080 min11 Sep
London10:59 → 08:5119:2589 min19:220 min11 Sep
Durban11:59 → 09:5117:4698 min17:460 min11 Sep
Dubai13:59 → 11:5118:2793 min18:260 min11 Sep
Delhi15:29 → 13:2118:3192 min18:300 min11 Sep
Kolkata15:29 → 13:2117:4493 min17:430 min11 Sep
Singapore17:59 → 15:5119:0595 min19:040 min11 Sep
Sydney19:59 → 17:5117:430 min17:447 min12 Sep
Suva21:59 → 19:5118:000 min18:0097 min12 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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