Evening of Sunday 4 October
Qualifies with 23 of 92 minutes. Not taken.
18:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:31
Aṣṭamī begins 20:08:22
18:3518:5919:2319:4720:1120:3520:59
23 of 92 minutes covered, the last 23
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2015
Boundaryin Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
Decide it for
33°52′ S 151°12′ E · Australia/Sydney · GeoNames 2147714
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Sunday 4 October
Qualifies with 23 of 92 minutes. Not taken.
23 of 92 minutes covered, the last 23
Evening of Monday 5 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
76 of 92 minutes covered, the first 76
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:08 on Sun 4 Oct to 20:16 on Mon 5 Oct.
2015-10-04T09:08:22Z → 2015-10-05T09:15:31Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:59–20:31 on the 4th, 19:00–20:32 on the 5th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 23 of 92 minutes on the 4th and 76 of 92 on the 5th.
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 963 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Sydney, 2015: Monday 5 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Sydney, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2015 falls on Monday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:08 on Sun 4 Oct to 20:16 on Mon 5 Oct and covers 76 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 23 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 | Mon 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 5 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Sydney. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Sunset 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:08 → 02:16 | 18:33 | 98 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:08 → 04:16 | 18:27 | 99 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:08 → 05:16 | 18:34 | 99 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:08 → 05:16 | 17:55 | 96 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 10:08 → 10:16 | 18:32 | 101 min | 18:30 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 11:08 → 11:16 | 17:58 | 92 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:08 → 13:16 | 18:03 | 97 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:38 → 14:46 | 18:04 | 98 min | 18:03 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:38 → 14:46 | 17:22 | 97 min | 17:21 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:08 → 17:16 | 18:56 | 95 min | 18:56 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:08 → 20:16 | 18:59 | 23 min | 19:00 | 76 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 21:08 → 21:16 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 93 min | 5 Oct |