Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1959

Friday 25 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 87 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 24 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:49
17:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:5020:14

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 25 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:48
17:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:4820:12

96 of 96 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 21:16 on Thu 24 Sep to 23:22 on Fri 25 Sep.

    1959-09-24T13:15:57Z → 1959-09-25T15:22:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:14–19:49 on the 24th, 18:12–19:48 on the 25th.

    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 95 minutes on the 24th and 96 of 96 on the 25th.

    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 5228 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1959: Friday 25 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1959 falls on Friday 25 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:16 on Thu 24 Sep to 23:22 on Fri 25 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:16 → 08:2218:4795 min18:460 min24 Sep
Chicago08:16 → 10:2218:4595 min18:430 min24 Sep
Jersey City09:16 → 11:2218:5195 min18:490 min24 Sep
Port of Spain09:16 → 11:2218:0195 min18:000 min24 Sep
London14:16 → 16:2218:5695 min18:540 min24 Sep
Durban15:16 → 17:2217:5295 min17:530 min24 Sep
Dubai17:16 → 19:2218:1495 min18:1369 min24 Sep
Delhi18:46 → 20:5218:1666 min18:1595 min25 Sep
Kolkata18:46 → 20:5217:3221 min17:3195 min25 Sep
Singapore20:46 → 22:5218:300 min18:3095 min25 Sep
Sydney23:16 → 01:2217:520 min17:5294 min25 Sep
Suva01:16 → 03:2218:020 min18:0295 min25 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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