Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1970

Tuesday 22 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 567 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 Monday 21 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:18 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:52
17:5418:1818:4219:0619:3019:5420:18

0 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 22 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:51
17:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:5220:16

95 of 95 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 05:19 on Tue 22 Sep to 06:16 on Wed 23 Sep.

    1970-09-21T21:19:14Z → 1970-09-22T22:16:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:18–19:52 on the 21st, 18:16–19:51 on the 22nd.

    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 94 minutes on the 21st and 95 of 95 on the 22nd.

    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 34021 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1970: Tuesday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1970 falls on Tuesday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:19 on Tue 22 Sep to 06:16 on Wed 23 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1970/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 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 21stCoveredSunset 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:19 → 15:1618:5195 min18:500 min21 Sep
Chicago16:19 → 17:1618:5094 min18:480 min21 Sep
Jersey City17:19 → 18:1618:5594 min18:540 min21 Sep
Port of Spain17:19 → 18:1618:0395 min18:0214 min21 Sep
London22:19 → 23:1619:020 min19:0094 min22 Sep
Durban23:19 → 00:1617:510 min17:5295 min22 Sep
Dubai01:19 → 02:1618:170 min18:1695 min22 Sep
Delhi02:49 → 03:4618:190 min18:1895 min22 Sep
Kolkata02:49 → 03:4617:340 min17:3395 min22 Sep
Singapore04:49 → 05:4618:310 min18:3195 min22 Sep
Sydney07:19 → 08:1617:500 min17:5195 min22 Sep
Suva09:19 → 10:1618:020 min18:0295 min22 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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