Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2049

Sunday 19 September

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 153 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 Saturday 18 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:37
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

0 of 96 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 19 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:37
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

96 of 96 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 22:10 on Sat 18 Sep to 00:06 on Mon 20 Sep.

    2049-09-18T10:09:43Z → 2049-09-19T12:05:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:37 on the 18th, 18:02–19:37 on the 19th.

    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 96 minutes on the 18th and 96 of 96 on the 19th.

    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 9152 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Suva, 2049: Sunday 19 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2049 falls on Sunday 19 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:10 on Sat 18 Sep to 00:06 on Mon 20 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/2049/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 18thCoveredSunset 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:10 → 05:0618:5494 min18:530 min18 Sep
Chicago05:10 → 07:0618:5494 min18:520 min18 Sep
Jersey City06:10 → 08:0618:5994 min18:570 min18 Sep
Port of Spain06:10 → 08:0618:0495 min18:040 min18 Sep
London11:10 → 13:0619:0793 min19:050 min18 Sep
Durban12:10 → 14:0617:5096 min17:510 min18 Sep
Dubai14:10 → 16:0618:1994 min18:180 min18 Sep
Delhi15:40 → 17:3618:2294 min18:210 min18 Sep
Kolkata15:40 → 17:3617:3794 min17:360 min18 Sep
Singapore18:10 → 20:0619:0295 min19:0264 min18 Sep
Sydney20:10 → 22:0617:490 min17:4996 min19 Sep
Suva22:10 → 00:0618:020 min18:0296 min19 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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