Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1966

Friday 7 October

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 603 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 7 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:35 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:35

98 of 98 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 8 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:34 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:12
17:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:34

0 of 98 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 07:32 on Fri 7 Oct to 06:33 on Sat 8 Oct.

    1966-10-07T01:32:18Z → 1966-10-08T00:33:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:35–19:13 on the 7th, 17:34–19:12 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 98 of 98 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 98 on the 8th.

    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 36166 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1966: Friday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1966 falls on Friday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:32 on Fri 7 Oct to 06:33 on Sat 8 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/1966/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 Oct
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 7thCoveredSunset 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:32 → 17:3318:290 min18:280 min6 Oct
Chicago20:32 → 19:3318:2271 min18:210 min7 Oct
Jersey City21:32 → 20:3318:29100 min18:270 min7 Oct
Port of Spain21:32 → 20:3317:5396 min17:520 min7 Oct
London02:32 → 01:3318:26102 min18:230 min7 Oct
Durban03:32 → 02:3318:0092 min18:010 min7 Oct
Dubai05:32 → 04:3318:0098 min17:590 min7 Oct
Delhi07:02 → 06:0318:0198 min18:000 min7 Oct
Kolkata07:02 → 06:0317:1998 min17:180 min7 Oct
Singapore09:02 → 08:0318:2595 min18:250 min7 Oct
Sydney11:32 → 10:3318:0191 min18:020 min7 Oct
Suva13:32 → 12:3318:0593 min18:050 min7 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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