Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2010

Thursday 30 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 30 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:58 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:36
Aṣṭamī begins 19:16:59
18:3418:5819:2219:4620:1020:3420:58

79 of 98 minutes covered, the last 79

Evening of Friday 1 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:57 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:35
18:3318:5719:2119:4520:0920:3320:57

0 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 19:17 on Thu 30 Sep to 18:18 on Fri 1 Oct.

    2010-09-30T16:17:00Z → 2010-10-01T15:17:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:58–20:36 on the 30th, 18:57–20:35 on the 1st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 79 of 98 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 98 on the 1st.

    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 1116 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2010: Thursday 30 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2010 falls on Thursday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:17 on Thu 30 Sep to 18:18 on Fri 1 Oct and covers 79 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2010/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 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 30thCoveredSunset 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:17 → 08:1818:3897 min18:370 min30 Sep
Chicago11:17 → 10:1818:3498 min18:320 min30 Sep
Jersey City12:17 → 11:1818:4098 min18:380 min30 Sep
Port of Spain12:17 → 11:1817:5796 min17:560 min30 Sep
London17:17 → 16:1818:4199 min18:380 min30 Sep
Durban18:17 → 17:1817:5672 min17:570 min30 Sep
Dubai20:17 → 19:1818:070 min18:0672 min1 Oct
Delhi21:47 → 20:4818:080 min18:0797 min1 Oct
Kolkata21:47 → 20:4817:250 min17:2497 min1 Oct
Singapore00:17 → 23:1818:570 min18:5795 min1 Oct
Sydney02:17 → 01:1817:570 min17:5793 min1 Oct
Suva04:17 → 03:1818:030 min18:0494 min1 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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