Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1989

Friday 22 September

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 164 minutes.

Decide it for

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35°52′ N 128°36′ E · Asia/Seoul · GeoNames 1835329

The two evenings

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

Evening of Thursday 21 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:24 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:59
18:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:0020:24

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 22 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:23 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:58
17:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:5920:23

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 23:48 on Thu 21 Sep to 22:42 on Fri 22 Sep.

    1989-09-21T14:47:59Z → 1989-09-22T13:41:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:24–19:59 on the 21st, 18:23–19:58 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 95 of 95 on the 22nd.

    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 9851 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daegu, 1989: Friday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1989 falls on Friday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:48 on Thu 21 Sep to 22:42 on Fri 22 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1989/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 21stCoveredSunset 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:48 → 06:4218:5195 min18:490 min21 Sep
Chicago09:48 → 08:4218:4995 min18:470 min21 Sep
Jersey City10:48 → 09:4218:5595 min18:530 min21 Sep
Port of Spain10:48 → 09:4218:0295 min18:020 min21 Sep
London15:48 → 14:4219:0194 min18:590 min21 Sep
Durban16:48 → 15:4217:5195 min17:520 min21 Sep
Dubai18:48 → 17:4218:1663 min18:150 min21 Sep
Delhi20:18 → 19:1218:190 min18:1854 min22 Sep
Kolkata20:18 → 19:1217:340 min17:3395 min22 Sep
Singapore22:48 → 21:4219:010 min19:0095 min22 Sep
Sydney00:48 → 23:4217:500 min17:5195 min22 Sep
Suva02:48 → 01:4218:020 min18:0295 min22 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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