Evening of Thursday 22 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
18:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:51
Aṣṭamī begins 19:53:30
17:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:5220:16
0 of 95 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1932
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 50 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Thursday 22 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 95 minutes covered
Evening of Friday 23 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
95 of 95 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:54 on Thu 22 Sep to 21:32 on Fri 23 Sep.
1932-09-22T11:53:31Z → 1932-09-23T13:31:36Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:16–19:51 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 0 of 95 minutes on the 22nd and 95 of 95 on the 23rd.
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 170 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1932: Friday 23 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1932 falls on Friday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:54 on Thu 22 Sep to 21:32 on Fri 23 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It is 2 min 50 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 23 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 23 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 23 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
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 22nd | Covered | Sunset 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:54 → 05:32 | 17:49 | 95 min | 17:48 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Chicago | 06:54 → 08:32 | 18:48 | 95 min | 18:46 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Jersey City | 07:54 → 09:32 | 18:53 | 95 min | 18:52 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 07:54 → 09:32 | 18:02 | 95 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| London | 12:54 → 14:32 | 18:59 | 94 min | 18:57 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Durban | 13:54 → 15:32 | 17:52 | 95 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Dubai | 15:54 → 17:32 | 18:15 | 95 min | 18:14 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Delhi | 17:24 → 19:02 | 18:18 | 95 min | 18:17 | 45 min | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 17:24 → 19:02 | 17:33 | 95 min | 17:32 | 89 min | 22 Sep |
| Singapore | 18:54 → 20:32 | 18:00 | 42 min | 18:00 | 95 min | 23 Sep |
| Sydney | 21:54 → 23:32 | 17:51 | 0 min | 17:51 | 95 min | 23 Sep |
| Suva | 23:54 → 01:32 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 23 Sep |