Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2080

Sunday 6 October

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 121 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 5 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:48 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:28
18:2418:4819:1219:3620:0020:2420:48

0 of 100 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 6 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:46 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:27
18:2218:4619:1019:3419:5820:2220:46

101 of 101 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 00:31 on Sun 6 Oct to 22:28 on Sun 6 Oct.

    2080-10-05T21:30:39Z → 2080-10-06T19:27:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:48–20:28 on the 5th, 18:46–20:27 on the 6th.

    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 100 minutes on the 5th and 101 of 101 on the 6th.

    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 7273 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2080: Sunday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2080 falls on Sunday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:31 on Sun 6 Oct to 22:28 on Sun 6 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2080/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 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 5thCoveredSunset 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:31 → 12:2818:3099 min18:290 min5 Oct
Chicago16:31 → 14:2818:24100 min18:220 min5 Oct
Jersey City17:31 → 15:2818:30100 min18:290 min5 Oct
Port of Spain17:31 → 15:2817:5396 min17:530 min5 Oct
London22:31 → 20:2818:270 min18:25102 min6 Oct
Durban23:31 → 21:2818:000 min18:0191 min6 Oct
Dubai01:31 → 23:2818:010 min18:0098 min6 Oct
Delhi03:01 → 00:5818:020 min18:0098 min6 Oct
Kolkata03:01 → 00:5817:200 min17:1998 min6 Oct
Singapore05:31 → 03:2818:560 min18:5595 min6 Oct
Sydney08:31 → 06:2818:010 min19:0291 min6 Oct
Suva09:31 → 07:2818:050 min18:0593 min6 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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