Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2073

Sunday 24 September

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 641 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 Saturday 23 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:48 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:23
17:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:48

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 24 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:47 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:22
17:2317:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:47

95 of 95 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 06:04 on Sun 24 Sep to 06:51 on Mon 25 Sep.

    2073-09-24T00:03:46Z → 2073-09-25T00:51:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:48–19:23 on the 23rd, 17:47–19:22 on the 24th.

    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 95 minutes on the 23rd and 95 of 95 on the 24th.

    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 38445 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2073: Sunday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2073 falls on Sunday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:04 on Sun 24 Sep to 06:51 on Mon 25 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2073/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:04 → 17:5118:460 min18:440 min23 Sep
Chicago19:04 → 19:5118:4368 min18:410 min23 Sep
Jersey City20:04 → 20:5118:4996 min18:470 min24 Sep
Port of Spain20:04 → 20:5118:0095 min18:000 min24 Sep
London01:04 → 01:5118:5396 min18:510 min24 Sep
Durban02:04 → 02:5117:5394 min17:540 min24 Sep
Dubai04:04 → 04:5118:1396 min18:120 min24 Sep
Delhi05:34 → 06:2118:1596 min18:140 min24 Sep
Kolkata05:34 → 06:2117:3195 min17:300 min24 Sep
Singapore08:04 → 08:5119:0095 min18:590 min24 Sep
Sydney10:04 → 10:5117:5394 min17:540 min24 Sep
Suva12:04 → 12:5118:0395 min18:030 min24 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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