Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2065

Tuesday 22 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 540 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 Tuesday 22 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

95 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 23 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:10 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:46
18:4619:1019:3419:5820:2220:4621:10

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 08:03 on Tue 22 Sep to 10:10 on Wed 23 Sep.

    2065-09-22T05:02:43Z → 2065-09-23T07:10:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:12–20:47 on the 22nd, 19:10–20:46 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 32391 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2065: Tuesday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2065 falls on Tuesday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:03 on Tue 22 Sep to 10:10 on Wed 23 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2065/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles22:03 → 00:1018:4995 min18:470 min22 Sep
Chicago00:03 → 02:1018:4795 min18:450 min22 Sep
Jersey City01:03 → 03:1018:5295 min18:510 min22 Sep
Port of Spain01:03 → 03:1018:0295 min18:010 min22 Sep
London06:03 → 08:1018:5895 min18:550 min22 Sep
Durban07:03 → 09:1017:5295 min17:530 min22 Sep
Dubai09:03 → 11:1018:1595 min18:140 min22 Sep
Delhi10:33 → 12:4018:1795 min18:160 min22 Sep
Kolkata10:33 → 12:4017:3395 min17:320 min22 Sep
Singapore13:03 → 15:1019:0095 min19:000 min22 Sep
Sydney15:03 → 17:1017:5295 min17:520 min22 Sep
Suva17:03 → 19:1018:0295 min18:0268 min22 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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