Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2098

Thursday 18 September

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 584 minutes.

Decide it for

DaeguDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Wednesday 17 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:30 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:03
18:0618:3018:5419:1819:4220:0620:30

0 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 18 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:02
18:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:0420:28

94 of 94 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 07:14 on Thu 18 Sep to 05:46 on Fri 19 Sep.

    2098-09-17T22:14:10Z → 2098-09-18T20:46:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:30–20:03 on the 17th, 18:28–20:02 on the 18th.

    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 94 minutes on the 17th and 94 of 94 on the 18th.

    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 35048 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2098: Thursday 18 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2098 falls on Thursday 18 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:14 on Thu 18 Sep to 05:46 on Fri 19 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2098/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 18 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 18 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 18 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 17thCoveredSunset 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:14 → 13:4618:5694 min18:540 min17 Sep
Chicago17:14 → 15:4618:5693 min18:540 min17 Sep
Jersey City18:14 → 16:4619:0193 min18:590 min17 Sep
Port of Spain18:14 → 16:4618:0586 min18:040 min17 Sep
London23:14 → 21:4619:090 min19:0793 min18 Sep
Durban00:14 → 22:4617:500 min17:5096 min18 Sep
Dubai02:14 → 00:4618:200 min18:1994 min18 Sep
Delhi03:44 → 02:1618:230 min18:2294 min18 Sep
Kolkata03:44 → 02:1617:380 min17:3794 min18 Sep
Singapore06:14 → 04:4619:030 min19:0295 min18 Sep
Sydney08:14 → 06:4617:480 min17:4996 min18 Sep
Suva10:14 → 08:4618:020 min18:0296 min18 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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