Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2028

Tuesday 12 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 37 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 11 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:32 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:04
18:0818:3218:5619:2019:4420:0820:32

0 of 91 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 12 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:31 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:02
18:0718:3118:5519:1919:4320:0720:31

92 of 92 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 20:40 on Mon 11 Sep to 20:40 on Tue 12 Sep.

    2028-09-11T12:40:24Z → 2028-09-12T12:40:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:32–20:04 on the 11th, 18:31–20:02 on the 12th.

    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 91 minutes on the 11th and 92 of 92 on the 12th.

    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 2199 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2028: Tuesday 12 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2028 falls on Tuesday 12 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:40 on Mon 11 Sep to 20:40 on Tue 12 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 12 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 12 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 11thCoveredSunset 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:40 → 05:4019:0492 min19:020 min11 Sep
Chicago07:40 → 07:4019:0691 min19:040 min11 Sep
Jersey City08:40 → 08:4019:1191 min19:090 min11 Sep
Port of Spain08:40 → 08:4018:0994 min18:080 min11 Sep
London13:40 → 13:4019:2389 min19:210 min11 Sep
Durban14:40 → 14:4017:4698 min17:470 min11 Sep
Dubai16:40 → 16:4018:2793 min18:250 min11 Sep
Delhi18:10 → 18:1018:3093 min18:290 min11 Sep
Kolkata18:10 → 18:1017:4366 min17:4228 min11 Sep
Singapore20:40 → 20:4019:050 min19:0495 min12 Sep
Sydney22:40 → 22:4017:440 min17:4598 min12 Sep
Suva00:40 → 00:4018:000 min18:0196 min12 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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