Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1999

Friday 1 October

Boundaryin Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Aṣṭamī reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

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The two evenings

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

Evening of Friday 1 October

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:53
Aṣṭamī begins 19:02:10
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

0 of 98 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 2 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:52
Aṣṭamī ends 17:06:47
16:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14

0 of 98 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 19:02 on Fri 1 Oct to 17:07 on Sat 2 Oct.

    1999-10-01T17:02:10Z → 1999-10-02T15:06:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–18:53 on the 1st, 17:14–18:52 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 98 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 98 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 444 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Aleppo, 1999: Friday 1 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Aleppo, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1999 falls on Friday 1 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:02 on Fri 1 Oct to 17:07 on Sat 2 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/aleppo/festivals/1999/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Aleppo.

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 1stCoveredSunset 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:02 → 08:0718:3797 min18:360 min1 Oct
Chicago12:02 → 10:0718:3398 min18:310 min1 Oct
Jersey City13:02 → 11:0718:3998 min18:370 min1 Oct
Port of Spain13:02 → 11:0717:5696 min17:560 min1 Oct
London18:02 → 16:0718:3999 min18:370 min1 Oct
Durban19:02 → 17:0717:5727 min17:570 min1 Oct
Dubai21:02 → 19:0718:060 min18:0562 min2 Oct
Delhi22:32 → 20:3718:080 min18:0697 min2 Oct
Kolkata22:32 → 20:3717:250 min17:2497 min2 Oct
Singapore01:02 → 23:0718:570 min18:5795 min2 Oct
Sydney03:02 → 01:0717:570 min17:5892 min2 Oct
Suva05:02 → 03:0718:030 min18:0494 min2 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
jitashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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