Evening of Saturday 12 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
19:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:48
Aṣṭamī begins 19:19:21
18:5219:1619:4020:0420:2820:5221:16
89 of 92 minutes covered, the last 89
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1998
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 05 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Saturday 12 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
89 of 92 minutes covered, the last 89
Evening of Sunday 13 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 92 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:19 on Sat 12 Sep to 17:45 on Sun 13 Sep.
1998-09-12T14:49:21Z → 1998-09-13T13:14:48Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:16–20:48 on the 12th, 19:15–20:47 on the 13th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 89 of 92 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 92 on the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 185 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Tehran, 1998: Saturday 12 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Tehran, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1998 falls on Saturday 12 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:19 on Sat 12 Sep to 17:45 on Sun 13 Sep and covers 89 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It is 3 min 05 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 12 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 12 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 12 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 12th | Covered | Sunset 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:49 → 06:15 | 19:04 | 92 min | 19:02 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Chicago | 09:49 → 08:15 | 19:05 | 91 min | 19:03 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Jersey City | 10:49 → 09:15 | 19:10 | 91 min | 19:09 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 10:49 → 09:15 | 18:08 | 94 min | 18:08 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| London | 15:49 → 14:15 | 19:22 | 89 min | 19:20 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Durban | 16:49 → 15:15 | 17:46 | 97 min | 17:47 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Dubai | 18:49 → 17:15 | 18:26 | 70 min | 18:25 | 0 min | 12 Sep |
| Delhi | 20:19 → 18:45 | 18:30 | 0 min | 18:29 | 16 min | 13 Sep |
| Kolkata | 20:19 → 18:45 | 17:43 | 0 min | 17:42 | 63 min | 13 Sep |
| Singapore | 22:49 → 21:15 | 19:04 | 0 min | 19:04 | 95 min | 13 Sep |
| Sydney | 00:49 → 23:15 | 17:44 | 0 min | 17:45 | 98 min | 13 Sep |
| Suva | 02:49 → 01:15 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:01 | 96 min | 13 Sep |