Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2029

Sunday 30 September

Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

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

Evening of Sunday 30 September

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

18:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:48
17:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:4720:11

97 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 1 October

Qualifies with 14 of 98 minutes. Not taken.

18:09 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:47
Aṣṭamī ends 18:23:09
17:4518:0918:3318:5719:2119:4520:09

14 of 98 minutes covered, the first 14

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 17:19 on Sun 30 Sep to 18:23 on Mon 1 Oct.

    2029-09-30T08:19:13Z → 2029-10-01T09:23:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:11–19:48 on the 30th, 18:09–19:47 on the 1st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 30th and 14 of 98 on the 1st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 831 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2029: Sunday 30 September.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daegu, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2029 falls on Sunday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:19 on Sun 30 Sep to 18:23 on Mon 1 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 14 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2029/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 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 30thCoveredSunset 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:19 → 02:2318:3897 min18:360 min30 Sep
Chicago03:19 → 04:2318:3398 min18:310 min30 Sep
Jersey City04:19 → 05:2318:3998 min18:380 min30 Sep
Port of Spain04:19 → 05:2317:5796 min17:560 min30 Sep
London09:19 → 10:2318:4099 min18:370 min30 Sep
Durban10:19 → 11:2317:5693 min17:570 min30 Sep
Dubai12:19 → 13:2318:0697 min18:050 min30 Sep
Delhi13:49 → 14:5318:0897 min18:070 min30 Sep
Kolkata13:49 → 14:5317:2596 min17:240 min30 Sep
Singapore16:19 → 17:2318:5795 min18:570 min30 Sep
Sydney18:19 → 19:2317:5770 min17:5886 min1 Oct
Suva20:19 → 21:2318:030 min18:0494 min1 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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