Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2083

Sunday 3 October

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 99 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 Sunday 3 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:53 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:32
18:2918:5319:1719:4120:0520:2920:53

99 of 99 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 4 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:51 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:30
18:2718:5119:1519:3920:0320:2720:51

0 of 100 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 14:59 on Sun 3 Oct to 17:12 on Mon 4 Oct.

    2083-10-03T11:58:31Z → 2083-10-04T14:11:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:53–20:32 on the 3rd, 18:51–20:30 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 99 of 99 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 100 on the 4th.

    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 5943 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2083: Sunday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2083 falls on Sunday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:59 on Sun 3 Oct to 17:12 on Mon 4 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2083/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 3rdCoveredSunset 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:59 → 07:1218:3498 min18:330 min3 Oct
Chicago06:59 → 09:1218:2899 min18:270 min3 Oct
Jersey City07:59 → 10:1218:3599 min18:330 min3 Oct
Port of Spain07:59 → 10:1217:5596 min17:540 min3 Oct
London12:59 → 15:1218:33100 min18:310 min3 Oct
Durban13:59 → 16:1217:5892 min17:590 min3 Oct
Dubai15:59 → 18:1218:0497 min18:039 min3 Oct
Delhi17:29 → 19:4218:0598 min18:0498 min4 Oct
Kolkata17:29 → 19:4217:2291 min17:2197 min4 Oct
Singapore19:59 → 22:1218:5733 min18:5695 min4 Oct
Sydney22:59 → 01:1218:590 min19:0092 min4 Oct
Suva23:59 → 02:1218:040 min18:0494 min4 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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