Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1932

Thursday 22 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 160 minutes.

Decide it for

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44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Thursday 22 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

19:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:48
18:5019:1419:3820:0220:2620:5021:14

95 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 23 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:47
18:4819:1219:3620:0020:2420:4821:12

0 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 14:54 on Thu 22 Sep to 16:32 on Fri 23 Sep.

    1932-09-22T11:53:31Z → 1932-09-23T13:31:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:14–20:48 on the 22nd, 19:12–20:47 on the 23rd.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 95 on the 23rd.

    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 9602 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1932: Thursday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1932 falls on Thursday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:54 on Thu 22 Sep to 16:32 on Fri 23 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1932/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 22ndCoveredSunset 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:54 → 05:3217:4995 min17:480 min22 Sep
Chicago06:54 → 08:3218:4895 min18:460 min22 Sep
Jersey City07:54 → 09:3218:5395 min18:520 min22 Sep
Port of Spain07:54 → 09:3218:0295 min18:010 min22 Sep
London12:54 → 14:3218:5994 min18:570 min22 Sep
Durban13:54 → 15:3217:5295 min17:520 min22 Sep
Dubai15:54 → 17:3218:1595 min18:140 min22 Sep
Delhi17:24 → 19:0218:1895 min18:1745 min22 Sep
Kolkata17:24 → 19:0217:3395 min17:3289 min22 Sep
Singapore18:54 → 20:3218:0042 min18:0095 min23 Sep
Sydney21:54 → 23:3217:510 min17:5195 min23 Sep
Suva23:54 → 01:3218:020 min18:0295 min23 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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