Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2046

Sunday 23 September

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 549 minutes.

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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 Saturday 22 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 23 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:56
17:5718:2118:4519:0919:3319:5720:21

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 05:06 on Sun 23 Sep to 05:14 on Mon 24 Sep.

    2046-09-22T20:06:23Z → 2046-09-23T20:14:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:23–19:58 on the 22nd, 18:21–19:56 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 95 of 95 on the 23rd.

    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 32927 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2046: Sunday 23 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2046 falls on Sunday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:06 on Sun 23 Sep to 05:14 on Mon 24 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2046/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 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 22ndCoveredSunset 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:06 → 13:1418:4995 min18:480 min22 Sep
Chicago15:06 → 15:1418:4795 min18:450 min22 Sep
Jersey City16:06 → 16:1418:5395 min18:510 min22 Sep
Port of Spain16:06 → 16:1418:0295 min18:010 min22 Sep
London21:06 → 21:1418:580 min18:5695 min23 Sep
Durban22:06 → 22:1417:520 min17:5395 min23 Sep
Dubai00:06 → 00:1418:150 min18:1495 min23 Sep
Delhi01:36 → 01:4418:180 min18:1695 min23 Sep
Kolkata01:36 → 01:4417:330 min17:3295 min23 Sep
Singapore04:06 → 04:1419:000 min19:0095 min23 Sep
Sydney06:06 → 06:1417:510 min17:5295 min23 Sep
Suva08:06 → 08:1418:020 min18:0295 min23 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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