Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1956

Thursday 27 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 588 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 Thursday 27 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:08 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:44
17:4418:0818:3218:5619:2019:4420:08

96 of 96 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 28 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 08:19 on Thu 27 Sep to 06:26 on Fri 28 Sep.

    1956-09-27T00:19:14Z → 1956-09-27T22:25:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:08–19:44 on the 27th, 18:06–19:43 on the 28th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 96 of 96 minutes on the 27th and 0 of 97 on the 28th.

    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 35306 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1956: Thursday 27 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1956 falls on Thursday 27 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:19 on Thu 27 Sep to 06:26 on Fri 28 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 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 27thCoveredSunset 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:19 → 15:2618:420 min18:410 min26 Sep
Chicago19:19 → 17:2618:390 min18:370 min26 Sep
Jersey City20:19 → 18:2618:450 min18:430 min26 Sep
Port of Spain20:19 → 18:2617:5927 min17:580 min27 Sep
London01:19 → 23:2618:4797 min18:450 min27 Sep
Durban02:19 → 00:2617:5594 min17:550 min27 Sep
Dubai04:19 → 02:2618:1096 min18:090 min27 Sep
Delhi05:49 → 03:5618:1296 min18:110 min27 Sep
Kolkata05:49 → 03:5617:2896 min17:270 min27 Sep
Singapore07:49 → 05:5618:2995 min18:280 min27 Sep
Sydney10:19 → 08:2617:5494 min17:550 min27 Sep
Suva12:19 → 10:2618:0394 min18:030 min27 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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