Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1926

Tuesday 28 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 224 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

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

Evening of Tuesday 28 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:44
17:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:4320:07

97 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 29 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:06 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:43
17:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:4220:06

0 of 97 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 13:25 on Tue 28 Sep to 14:22 on Wed 29 Sep.

    1926-09-28T05:24:57Z → 1926-09-29T06:21:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:07–19:44 on the 28th, 18:06–19:43 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 97 on the 29th.

    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 13430 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1926: Tuesday 28 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1926 falls on Tuesday 28 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:25 on Tue 28 Sep to 14:22 on Wed 29 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 28 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 28 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 28 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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 28thCoveredSunset 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:25 → 22:2217:4297 min17:400 min28 Sep
Chicago23:25 → 00:2217:3897 min17:370 min28 Sep
Jersey City00:25 → 01:2217:4497 min17:430 min28 Sep
Port of Spain01:25 → 02:2217:5896 min17:580 min28 Sep
London06:25 → 07:2218:4797 min18:440 min28 Sep
Durban07:25 → 08:2217:5594 min17:550 min28 Sep
Dubai09:25 → 10:2218:1096 min18:080 min28 Sep
Delhi10:55 → 11:5218:1196 min18:100 min28 Sep
Kolkata10:55 → 11:5217:2896 min17:270 min28 Sep
Singapore12:25 → 13:2217:5895 min17:580 min28 Sep
Sydney15:25 → 16:2217:5594 min17:550 min28 Sep
Suva17:25 → 18:2218:0394 min18:0319 min28 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

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