Evening of Friday 5 October
Qualifies with 16 of 93 minutes. Not taken.
18:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
Aṣṭamī begins 19:22:04
17:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:4120:05
16 of 93 minutes covered, the last 16
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2091
Boundaryin Suva, 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
Qualifies with 16 of 93 minutes. Not taken.
16 of 93 minutes covered, the last 16
Evening of Saturday 6 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
93 of 93 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:22 on Fri 5 Oct to 20:17 on Sat 6 Oct.
2091-10-05T07:22:05Z → 2091-10-06T08:17:22Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:05–19:38 on the 5th, 18:05–19:38 on the 6th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 16 of 93 minutes on the 5th and 93 of 93 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 958 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Suva, 2091: Saturday 6 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Suva, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2091 falls on Saturday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:22 on Fri 5 Oct to 20:17 on Sat 6 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 16 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 | Sat 6 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 6 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 6 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 |