Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2027

Thursday 23 September

Determinatein Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 524 minutes.

Decide it for

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33°52′ S 151°12′ E · Australia/Sydney · GeoNames 2147714

The two evenings

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

Evening of Thursday 23 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:26
17:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:52

95 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 24 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:27
17:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:52

0 of 95 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 09:07 on Thu 23 Sep to 07:28 on Fri 24 Sep.

    2027-09-22T23:07:15Z → 2027-09-23T21:27:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:52–19:26 on the 23rd, 17:52–19:27 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 95 on the 24th.

    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 31456 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Sydney, 2027: Thursday 23 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Sydney, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2027 falls on Thursday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:07 on Thu 23 Sep to 07:28 on Fri 24 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/sydney/festivals/2027/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Sydney.

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 22ndCoveredSunset 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:07 → 14:2818:5095 min18:480 min22 Sep
Chicago18:07 → 16:2818:4895 min18:460 min22 Sep
Jersey City19:07 → 17:2818:5381 min18:520 min22 Sep
Port of Spain19:07 → 17:2818:0230 min18:010 min22 Sep
London00:07 → 22:2818:590 min18:5795 min23 Sep
Durban01:07 → 23:2817:520 min17:5295 min23 Sep
Dubai03:07 → 01:2818:150 min18:1495 min23 Sep
Delhi04:37 → 02:5818:180 min18:1795 min23 Sep
Kolkata04:37 → 02:5817:330 min17:3295 min23 Sep
Singapore07:07 → 05:2819:010 min19:0095 min23 Sep
Sydney09:07 → 07:2817:510 min17:5295 min23 Sep
Suva11:07 → 09:2818:020 min18:0295 min23 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