Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1974

Tuesday 8 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 74 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 8 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:51 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:31
17:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:2719:51

100 of 100 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 9 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:50 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:30
17:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:50

0 of 100 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 16:37 on Tue 8 Oct to 14:48 on Wed 9 Oct.

    1974-10-08T08:37:21Z → 1974-10-09T06:48:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:51–19:31 on the 8th, 17:50–19:30 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 100 of 100 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 100 on the 9th.

    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 4422 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1974: Tuesday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1974 falls on Tuesday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:37 on Tue 8 Oct to 14:48 on Wed 9 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1974/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 8 Oct
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 8thCoveredSunset 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:37 → 23:4818:2899 min18:270 min8 Oct
Chicago03:37 → 01:4818:21101 min18:190 min8 Oct
Jersey City04:37 → 02:4818:27101 min18:260 min8 Oct
Port of Spain04:37 → 02:4817:5296 min17:520 min8 Oct
London09:37 → 07:4818:23103 min18:210 min8 Oct
Durban10:37 → 08:4818:0191 min18:010 min8 Oct
Dubai12:37 → 10:4817:5998 min17:580 min8 Oct
Delhi14:07 → 12:1817:5999 min17:580 min8 Oct
Kolkata14:07 → 12:1817:1898 min17:170 min8 Oct
Singapore16:07 → 14:1818:2595 min18:250 min8 Oct
Sydney18:37 → 16:4818:0256 min18:030 min8 Oct
Suva20:37 → 18:4818:050 min18:0543 min9 Oct
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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