Evening of Thursday 24 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:35
17:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59
95 of 95 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1959
Boundaryin Tehran, 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 Thursday 24 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
95 of 95 minutes covered
Evening of Friday 25 September
Qualifies with 54 of 96 minutes. Not taken.
54 of 96 minutes covered, the first 54
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:46 on Thu 24 Sep to 18:52 on Fri 25 Sep.
1959-09-24T13:15:57Z → 1959-09-25T15:22:06Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:59–19:35 on the 24th, 17:58–19:34 on the 25th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 24th and 54 of 96 on the 25th.
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 2487 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Tehran, 1959: Thursday 24 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Tehran, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1959 falls on Thursday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:46 on Thu 24 Sep to 18:52 on Fri 25 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 54 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 | Thu 24 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 24 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 24 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 24th | Covered | Sunset 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:16 → 08:22 | 18:47 | 95 min | 18:46 | 0 min | 24 Sep |
| Chicago | 08:16 → 10:22 | 18:45 | 95 min | 18:43 | 0 min | 24 Sep |
| Jersey City | 09:16 → 11:22 | 18:51 | 95 min | 18:49 | 0 min | 24 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 09:16 → 11:22 | 18:01 | 95 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 24 Sep |
| London | 14:16 → 16:22 | 18:56 | 95 min | 18:54 | 0 min | 24 Sep |
| Durban | 15:16 → 17:22 | 17:52 | 95 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 24 Sep |
| Dubai | 17:16 → 19:22 | 18:14 | 95 min | 18:13 | 69 min | 24 Sep |
| Delhi | 18:46 → 20:52 | 18:16 | 66 min | 18:15 | 95 min | 25 Sep |
| Kolkata | 18:46 → 20:52 | 17:32 | 21 min | 17:31 | 95 min | 25 Sep |
| Singapore | 20:46 → 22:52 | 18:30 | 0 min | 18:30 | 95 min | 25 Sep |
| Sydney | 23:16 → 01:22 | 17:52 | 0 min | 17:52 | 94 min | 25 Sep |
| Suva | 01:16 → 03:22 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 25 Sep |