Evening of Sunday 1 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:40 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:16
17:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:40
97 of 97 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2056
Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
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 Sunday 1 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
97 of 97 minutes covered
Evening of Monday 2 October
Qualifies with 42 of 97 minutes. Not taken.
42 of 97 minutes covered, the first 42
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:37 on Sun 1 Oct to 18:21 on Mon 2 Oct.
2056-10-01T10:37:00Z → 2056-10-02T12:20:39Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:40–19:16 on the 1st, 17:39–19:16 on the 2nd.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 1st and 42 of 97 on the 2nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2516 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2056: Sunday 1 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Chattogram, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2056 falls on Sunday 1 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:37 on Sun 1 Oct to 18:21 on Mon 2 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 42 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 1 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 1 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 1 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 1st | Covered | Sunset 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:37 → 05:21 | 18:36 | 98 min | 18:34 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Chicago | 05:37 → 07:21 | 18:31 | 99 min | 18:29 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 06:37 → 08:21 | 18:37 | 98 min | 18:35 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 06:37 → 08:21 | 17:56 | 96 min | 17:55 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| London | 11:37 → 13:21 | 18:36 | 100 min | 18:34 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 12:37 → 14:21 | 17:57 | 93 min | 17:58 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 14:37 → 16:21 | 18:05 | 97 min | 18:04 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:07 → 17:51 | 18:06 | 97 min | 18:05 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:07 → 17:51 | 17:23 | 97 min | 17:23 | 28 min | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:37 → 20:21 | 18:57 | 95 min | 18:57 | 84 min | 1 Oct |
| Sydney | 21:37 → 23:21 | 18:58 | 0 min | 18:59 | 92 min | 2 Oct |
| Suva | 22:37 → 00:21 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 94 min | 2 Oct |