Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2053

Sunday 5 October

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 46 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 Saturday 4 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:43
17:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:4120:05

0 of 99 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 5 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:42
Aṣṭamī ends 18:56:01
17:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:03

53 of 99 minutes covered, the first 53

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 21:07 on Sat 4 Oct to 18:56 on Sun 5 Oct.

    2053-10-04T12:06:40Z → 2053-10-05T09:56:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:05–19:43 on the 4th, 18:03–19:42 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 0 of 99 minutes on the 4th and 53 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 2775 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2053: Sunday 5 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2053 falls on Sunday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:07 on Sat 4 Oct to 18:56 on Sun 5 Oct and covers 53 of 99 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2053/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 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 4thCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:07 → 02:5618:3299 min18:310 min4 Oct
Chicago07:07 → 04:5618:26100 min18:240 min4 Oct
Jersey City08:07 → 05:5618:3299 min18:310 min4 Oct
Port of Spain08:07 → 05:5617:5496 min17:540 min4 Oct
London13:07 → 10:5618:30101 min18:280 min4 Oct
Durban14:07 → 11:5617:5992 min18:000 min4 Oct
Dubai16:07 → 13:5618:0297 min18:010 min4 Oct
Delhi17:37 → 15:2618:0398 min18:020 min4 Oct
Kolkata17:37 → 15:2617:2181 min17:200 min4 Oct
Singapore20:07 → 17:5618:5625 min18:560 min4 Oct
Sydney22:07 → 20:5618:000 min19:0191 min5 Oct
Suva00:07 → 21:5618:040 min18:0493 min5 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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