Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2044

Wednesday 14 September

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 416 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 Wednesday 14 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:56 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:30
17:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:3219:56

94 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 15 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:55 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:29
17:3117:5518:1918:4319:0719:3119:55

0 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 11:01 on Wed 14 Sep to 08:52 on Thu 15 Sep.

    2044-09-14T05:00:57Z → 2044-09-15T02:51:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:56–19:30 on the 14th, 17:55–19:29 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 94 on the 15th.

    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 24930 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2044: Wednesday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2044 falls on Wednesday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:01 on Wed 14 Sep to 08:52 on Thu 15 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2044/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 14thCoveredSunset 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:01 → 19:5219:0052 min18:580 min14 Sep
Chicago00:01 → 21:5219:0092 min18:580 min14 Sep
Jersey City01:01 → 22:5219:0692 min19:040 min14 Sep
Port of Spain01:01 → 22:5218:0795 min18:060 min14 Sep
London06:01 → 03:5219:1691 min19:130 min14 Sep
Durban07:01 → 04:5217:4897 min17:480 min14 Sep
Dubai09:01 → 06:5218:2394 min18:220 min14 Sep
Delhi10:31 → 08:2218:2793 min18:250 min14 Sep
Kolkata10:31 → 08:2217:4094 min17:390 min14 Sep
Singapore13:01 → 10:5219:0395 min19:030 min14 Sep
Sydney15:01 → 12:5217:4697 min17:470 min14 Sep
Suva17:01 → 14:5218:0196 min18:010 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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