Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2052

Sunday 15 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 91 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 Sunday 15 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:26 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:59
18:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:0220:26

93 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 16 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:24 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:57
18:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:0020:24

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 16:55 on Sun 15 Sep to 14:44 on Mon 16 Sep.

    2052-09-15T08:55:11Z → 2052-09-16T06:43:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:26–19:59 on the 15th, 18:24–19:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 93 on the 16th.

    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 5438 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2052: Sunday 15 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2052 falls on Sunday 15 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:55 on Sun 15 Sep to 14:44 on Mon 16 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2052/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 15 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 15 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 15 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 15thCoveredSunset 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:55 → 23:4418:5893 min18:570 min15 Sep
Chicago03:55 → 01:4418:5893 min18:570 min15 Sep
Jersey City04:55 → 02:4419:0493 min19:020 min15 Sep
Port of Spain04:55 → 02:4418:0695 min18:050 min15 Sep
London09:55 → 07:4419:1391 min19:110 min15 Sep
Durban10:55 → 08:4417:4997 min17:490 min15 Sep
Dubai12:55 → 10:4418:2294 min18:210 min15 Sep
Delhi14:25 → 12:1418:2594 min18:240 min15 Sep
Kolkata14:25 → 12:1417:3994 min17:380 min15 Sep
Singapore16:55 → 14:4419:0395 min19:030 min15 Sep
Sydney18:55 → 16:4417:4728 min17:470 min15 Sep
Suva20:55 → 18:4418:010 min18:0143 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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