Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1922

Thursday 14 September

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 519 minutes.

Decide it for

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22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Wednesday 13 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:25
17:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:52

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 14 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:51 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:24
17:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:2719:51

94 of 94 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 04:04 on Thu 14 Sep to 04:10 on Fri 15 Sep.

    1922-09-13T22:11:21Z → 1922-09-14T22:16:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:52–19:25 on the 13th, 17:51–19:24 on the 14th.

    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 93 minutes on the 13th and 94 of 94 on the 14th.

    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 31155 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1922: Thursday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1922 falls on Thursday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:04 on Thu 14 Sep to 04:10 on Fri 15 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/1922/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

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 13thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:11 → 14:1718:0392 min18:010 min13 Sep
Chicago17:11 → 17:1719:0491 min19:030 min13 Sep
Jersey City18:11 → 18:1719:1091 min19:080 min13 Sep
Port of Spain18:11 → 18:1718:0891 min18:079 min13 Sep
London23:11 → 23:1719:210 min19:1990 min14 Sep
Durban00:11 → 00:1717:460 min17:4797 min14 Sep
Dubai02:11 → 02:1718:260 min18:2593 min14 Sep
Delhi03:41 → 03:4718:290 min18:2893 min14 Sep
Kolkata03:41 → 03:4717:430 min17:4294 min14 Sep
Singapore05:11 → 05:1718:040 min18:0495 min14 Sep
Sydney08:11 → 08:1717:440 min17:4598 min14 Sep
Suva10:11 → 10:1718:000 min18:0196 min14 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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