Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2077

Thursday 9 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 495 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 Wednesday 8 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:37 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:08
18:1318:3719:0119:2519:4920:1320:37

0 of 90 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 9 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:06
18:1218:3619:0019:2419:4820:1220:36

91 of 91 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 05:02 on Thu 9 Sep to 04:22 on Fri 10 Sep.

    2077-09-08T21:01:51Z → 2077-09-09T20:21:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:37–20:08 on the 8th, 18:36–20:06 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 0 of 90 minutes on the 8th and 91 of 91 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 29725 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2077: Thursday 9 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2077 falls on Thursday 9 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:02 on Thu 9 Sep to 04:22 on Fri 10 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2077/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 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 8thCoveredSunset 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:02 → 13:2219:0891 min19:070 min8 Sep
Chicago16:02 → 15:2219:1190 min19:090 min8 Sep
Jersey City17:02 → 16:2219:1690 min19:140 min8 Sep
Port of Spain17:02 → 16:2218:1194 min18:100 min8 Sep
London22:02 → 21:2219:300 min19:2788 min9 Sep
Durban23:02 → 22:2217:450 min17:4698 min9 Sep
Dubai01:02 → 00:2218:300 min18:2993 min9 Sep
Delhi02:32 → 01:5218:340 min18:3392 min9 Sep
Kolkata02:32 → 01:5217:470 min17:4693 min9 Sep
Singapore05:02 → 04:2219:060 min19:0695 min9 Sep
Sydney07:02 → 06:2217:420 min17:4399 min9 Sep
Suva09:02 → 08:2218:000 min18:0097 min9 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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