Evening of Monday 22 September
Qualifies with 12 of 95 minutes. Not taken.
18:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:50
Aṣṭamī begins 19:38:20
17:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:5220:16
12 of 95 minutes covered, the last 12
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1913
Boundaryin Toronto, 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 Monday 22 September
Qualifies with 12 of 95 minutes. Not taken.
12 of 95 minutes covered, the last 12
Evening of Tuesday 23 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
57 of 95 minutes covered, the first 57
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:38 on Mon 22 Sep to 19:10 on Tue 23 Sep.
1913-09-23T00:38:21Z → 1913-09-24T00:10:24Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:16–19:50 on the 22nd, 18:14–19:49 on the 23rd.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 12 of 95 minutes on the 22nd and 57 of 95 on the 23rd.
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 713 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Toronto, 1913: Tuesday 23 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Toronto, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1913 falls on Tuesday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:38 on Mon 22 Sep to 19:10 on Tue 23 Sep and covers 57 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 12 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 | Tue 23 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 23 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 22 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Toronto. | ||
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 23rd | Covered | Sunset 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:38 → 16:10 | 17:49 | 0 min | 17:47 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Chicago | 18:38 → 18:10 | 17:47 | 24 min | 17:45 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Jersey City | 19:38 → 19:10 | 17:52 | 78 min | 17:51 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 20:38 → 20:10 | 18:02 | 95 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| London | 00:38 → 00:10 | 17:58 | 95 min | 17:55 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Durban | 02:38 → 02:10 | 17:52 | 95 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Dubai | 04:19 → 03:51 | 17:56 | 95 min | 17:55 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Delhi | 06:08 → 05:40 | 18:17 | 95 min | 18:16 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Kolkata | 06:08 → 05:40 | 17:33 | 95 min | 17:32 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Singapore | 07:38 → 07:10 | 18:00 | 95 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Sydney | 10:38 → 10:10 | 17:51 | 95 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Suva | 12:33 → 12:05 | 17:57 | 95 min | 17:57 | 0 min | 23 Sep |