Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1944

Saturday 9 September

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 586 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two evenings

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

Evening of Saturday 9 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

19:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:33
18:4019:0419:2819:5220:1620:4021:04

89 of 89 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 10 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:32
18:3819:0219:2619:5020:1420:3821:02

0 of 89 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 09:19 on Sat 9 Sep to 08:59 on Sun 10 Sep.

    1944-09-09T00:18:44Z → 1944-09-09T23:58:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:04–20:33 on the 9th, 19:02–20:32 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 89 of 89 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 89 on the 10th.

    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 35140 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1944: Saturday 9 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1944 falls on Saturday 9 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:19 on Sat 9 Sep to 08:59 on Sun 10 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1944/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 9 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 9 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 9 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 9thCoveredSunset 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:19 → 16:5919:080 min19:060 min8 Sep
Chicago19:19 → 18:5919:100 min19:080 min8 Sep
Jersey City20:19 → 19:5919:1543 min19:140 min9 Sep
Port of Spain21:19 → 20:5919:1094 min19:100 min9 Sep
London02:19 → 01:5920:2988 min20:270 min9 Sep
Durban02:19 → 01:5917:4598 min17:450 min9 Sep
Dubai04:19 → 03:5918:2992 min18:280 min9 Sep
Delhi06:49 → 06:2919:3392 min19:320 min9 Sep
Kolkata06:49 → 06:2918:4693 min18:450 min9 Sep
Singapore09:19 → 08:5920:0695 min20:050 min9 Sep
Sydney10:19 → 09:5917:4299 min17:430 min9 Sep
Suva12:19 → 11:5918:0097 min18:000 min9 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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