Evening of Friday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
17:13 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:53
16:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:13
0 of 100 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1928
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 326 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Friday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 100 minutes covered
Evening of Saturday 6 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
101 of 101 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 02:00 on Sat 6 Oct to 00:18 on Sun 7 Oct.
1928-10-05T17:59:36Z → 1928-10-06T16:17:33Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:13–18:53 on the 5th, 17:11–18:52 on the 6th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 100 minutes on the 5th and 101 of 101 on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 19544 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1928: Saturday 6 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1928 falls on Saturday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:00 on Sat 6 Oct to 00:18 on Sun 7 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 6 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 6 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 6 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Sunset 5th | Covered | Sunset 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:00 → 08:18 | 17:32 | 99 min | 17:30 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:00 → 10:18 | 17:25 | 100 min | 17:24 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:00 → 11:18 | 17:32 | 99 min | 17:30 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:00 → 12:18 | 17:54 | 96 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| London | 19:00 → 17:18 | 18:30 | 71 min | 18:27 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 20:00 → 18:18 | 17:59 | 0 min | 18:00 | 18 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:00 → 20:18 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:01 | 98 min | 6 Oct |
| Delhi | 23:30 → 21:48 | 18:03 | 0 min | 18:02 | 98 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 23:30 → 21:48 | 17:21 | 0 min | 17:20 | 97 min | 6 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:00 → 23:18 | 17:56 | 0 min | 17:55 | 95 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:00 → 02:18 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:01 | 91 min | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 06:00 → 04:18 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 93 min | 6 Oct |