Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1993

Friday 8 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 132 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 8 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:50 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:31
17:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:50

100 of 100 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 9 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:49 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:29
17:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:2519:49

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 15:38 on Fri 8 Oct to 15:20 on Sat 9 Oct.

    1993-10-08T07:38:21Z → 1993-10-09T07:20:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:50–19:31 on the 8th, 17:49–19:29 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 7925 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1993: Friday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1993 falls on Friday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:38 on Fri 8 Oct to 15:20 on Sat 9 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1993/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 Angeles00:38 → 00:2018:27100 min18:260 min8 Oct
Chicago02:38 → 02:2018:20101 min18:180 min8 Oct
Jersey City03:38 → 03:2018:27101 min18:250 min8 Oct
Port of Spain03:38 → 03:2017:5296 min17:510 min8 Oct
London08:38 → 08:2018:22103 min18:200 min8 Oct
Durban09:38 → 09:2018:0191 min18:020 min8 Oct
Dubai11:38 → 11:2017:5898 min17:570 min8 Oct
Delhi13:08 → 12:5017:5999 min17:580 min8 Oct
Kolkata13:08 → 12:5017:1798 min17:170 min8 Oct
Singapore15:38 → 15:2018:5595 min18:540 min8 Oct
Sydney17:38 → 17:2018:0391 min18:030 min8 Oct
Suva19:38 → 19:2018:050 min18:0575 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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