Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2008

Monday 22 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 252 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 Sunday 21 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:17 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:51
17:5318:1718:4119:0519:2919:5320:17

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 22 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:50
17:5118:1518:3919:0319:2719:5120:15

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 02:10 on Mon 22 Sep to 00:02 on Tue 23 Sep.

    2008-09-21T18:09:43Z → 2008-09-22T16:01:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:17–19:51 on the 21st, 18:15–19:50 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 95 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 15106 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2008: Monday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2008 falls on Monday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:10 on Mon 22 Sep to 00:02 on Tue 23 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 Angeles11:10 → 09:0218:5095 min18:490 min21 Sep
Chicago13:10 → 11:0218:4895 min18:470 min21 Sep
Jersey City14:10 → 12:0218:5495 min18:520 min21 Sep
Port of Spain14:10 → 12:0218:0295 min18:020 min21 Sep
London19:10 → 17:0219:0085 min18:580 min21 Sep
Durban20:10 → 18:0217:510 min17:5210 min22 Sep
Dubai22:10 → 20:0218:160 min18:1595 min22 Sep
Delhi23:40 → 21:3218:180 min18:1795 min22 Sep
Kolkata23:40 → 21:3217:340 min17:3395 min22 Sep
Singapore02:10 → 00:0219:010 min19:0095 min22 Sep
Sydney04:10 → 02:0217:510 min17:5195 min22 Sep
Suva06:10 → 04:0218:020 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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