Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1942

Friday 2 October

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 216 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 1 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:58 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:36
17:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:58

0 of 98 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 2 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:56 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:34
17:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:3219:56

99 of 99 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 23:12 on Thu 1 Oct to 01:41 on Sat 3 Oct.

    1942-10-01T21:11:59Z → 1942-10-02T23:41:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:58–19:36 on the 1st, 17:56–19:34 on the 2nd.

    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 98 minutes on the 1st and 99 of 99 on the 2nd.

    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 12976 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1942: Friday 2 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1942 falls on Friday 2 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:12 on Thu 1 Oct to 01:41 on Sat 3 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1942/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 Oct
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 1stCoveredSunset 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:12 → 16:4118:3897 min18:360 min1 Oct
Chicago16:12 → 18:4118:3398 min18:3110 min1 Oct
Jersey City17:12 → 19:4118:3998 min18:3764 min1 Oct
Port of Spain18:12 → 20:4118:5796 min18:5696 min2 Oct
London22:12 → 00:4118:390 min18:37100 min2 Oct
Durban00:12 → 02:4118:560 min18:5793 min2 Oct
Dubai01:12 → 03:4118:060 min18:0597 min2 Oct
Delhi03:42 → 06:1119:080 min19:0797 min2 Oct
Kolkata03:42 → 06:1118:250 min18:2497 min2 Oct
Singapore06:12 → 08:4119:570 min19:5795 min2 Oct
Sydney08:12 → 10:4118:570 min18:5892 min2 Oct
Suva09:12 → 11:4118:030 min18:0494 min2 Oct
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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