Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1996

Friday 4 October

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 475 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 4 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:44
17:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:4120:05

99 of 99 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 5 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:42
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04

0 of 99 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 08:06 on Fri 4 Oct to 10:09 on Sat 5 Oct.

    1996-10-03T23:05:48Z → 1996-10-05T01:08:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:05–19:44 on the 4th, 18:04–19:42 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 99 of 99 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 99 on the 5th.

    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 28477 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daegu, 1996: Friday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1996 falls on Friday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:06 on Fri 4 Oct to 10:09 on Sat 5 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1996/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 Oct
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 3rdCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:06 → 18:0918:3498 min18:310 min3 Oct
Chicago18:06 → 20:0918:2899 min18:250 min4 Oct
Jersey City19:06 → 21:0918:3467 min18:310 min4 Oct
Port of Spain19:06 → 21:0917:5525 min17:540 min4 Oct
London00:06 → 02:0918:330 min18:280 min4 Oct
Durban01:06 → 03:0917:580 min17:590 min4 Oct
Dubai03:06 → 05:0918:030 min18:010 min4 Oct
Delhi04:36 → 06:3918:040 min18:020 min4 Oct
Kolkata04:36 → 06:3917:220 min17:200 min4 Oct
Singapore07:06 → 09:0918:560 min18:560 min4 Oct
Sydney09:06 → 11:0917:590 min18:000 min4 Oct
Suva11:06 → 13:0918:040 min18:040 min4 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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