Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2048

Wednesday 30 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 107 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 Tuesday 29 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:41
17:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:03

0 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 30 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:40
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

98 of 98 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 21:27 on Tue 29 Sep to 00:01 on Thu 1 Oct.

    2048-09-29T13:27:25Z → 2048-09-30T16:00:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:03–19:41 on the 29th, 18:02–19:40 on the 30th.

    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 97 minutes on the 29th and 98 of 98 on the 30th.

    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 6398 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2048: Wednesday 30 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2048 falls on Wednesday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:27 on Tue 29 Sep to 00:01 on Thu 1 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 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 29thCoveredSunset 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:27 → 09:0118:3997 min18:370 min29 Sep
Chicago08:27 → 11:0118:3498 min18:320 min29 Sep
Jersey City09:27 → 12:0118:4098 min18:390 min29 Sep
Port of Spain09:27 → 12:0117:5796 min17:560 min29 Sep
London14:27 → 17:0118:4199 min18:390 min29 Sep
Durban15:27 → 18:0117:5693 min17:574 min29 Sep
Dubai17:27 → 20:0118:0797 min18:0697 min30 Sep
Delhi18:57 → 21:3118:0948 min18:0797 min30 Sep
Kolkata18:57 → 21:3117:254 min17:2497 min30 Sep
Singapore21:27 → 00:0118:580 min18:5795 min30 Sep
Sydney23:27 → 02:0117:560 min17:5793 min30 Sep
Suva01:27 → 04:0118:030 min18:0494 min30 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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