Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1976

Thursday 16 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 262 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 16 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:25 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:58
18:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:0120:25

93 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 17 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:23 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:57
17:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:5920:23

0 of 93 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 12:29 on Thu 16 Sep to 14:01 on Fri 17 Sep.

    1976-09-16T04:29:11Z → 1976-09-17T06:01:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:25–19:58 on the 16th, 18:23–19:57 on the 17th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 93 of 93 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 93 on the 17th.

    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 15747 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1976: Thursday 16 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1976 falls on Thursday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:29 on Thu 16 Sep to 14:01 on Fri 17 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 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 16thCoveredSunset 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:29 → 23:0118:5793 min18:560 min16 Sep
Chicago23:29 → 01:0118:5893 min18:560 min16 Sep
Jersey City00:29 → 02:0119:0393 min19:010 min16 Sep
Port of Spain00:29 → 02:0118:0695 min18:050 min16 Sep
London05:29 → 07:0119:1292 min19:100 min16 Sep
Durban06:29 → 08:0117:4996 min17:490 min16 Sep
Dubai08:29 → 10:0118:2294 min18:200 min16 Sep
Delhi09:59 → 11:3118:2594 min18:240 min16 Sep
Kolkata09:59 → 11:3117:3994 min17:380 min16 Sep
Singapore11:59 → 13:3118:3395 min18:320 min16 Sep
Sydney14:29 → 16:0117:4797 min17:480 min16 Sep
Suva16:29 → 18:0118:0196 min18:010 min16 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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