Evening of Tuesday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
17:30 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:07
17:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30
0 of 97 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1909
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 334 minutes.
Decide it for
22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Tuesday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 97 minutes covered
Evening of Wednesday 6 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
97 of 97 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:41 on Wed 6 Oct to 00:44 on Thu 7 Oct.
1909-10-05T18:48:23Z → 1909-10-06T18:50:42Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:30–19:07 on the 5th, 17:29–19:06 on the 6th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 97 minutes on the 5th and 97 of 97 on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 20050 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1909: Wednesday 6 October.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1909 falls on Wednesday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:41 on Wed 6 Oct to 00:44 on Thu 7 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 6 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 6 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 6 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Sunset 5th | Covered | Sunset 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:48 → 10:51 | 17:32 | 99 min | 17:31 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:48 → 12:51 | 17:26 | 100 min | 17:24 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:48 → 13:51 | 17:32 | 99 min | 17:31 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:48 → 14:51 | 17:54 | 96 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| London | 18:48 → 18:51 | 17:30 | 23 min | 17:28 | 83 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 20:48 → 20:51 | 17:59 | 0 min | 17:59 | 92 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:29 → 22:32 | 17:43 | 0 min | 17:42 | 98 min | 6 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:18 → 00:21 | 18:03 | 0 min | 18:02 | 98 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:18 → 00:21 | 17:21 | 0 min | 17:20 | 97 min | 6 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:48 → 01:51 | 17:56 | 0 min | 17:56 | 95 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:48 → 04:51 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:00 | 91 min | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 06:43 → 06:46 | 17:59 | 0 min | 17:59 | 93 min | 6 Oct |