Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1945

Friday 28 September

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 566 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Friday 28 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

97 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 29 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:25 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:03
17:0117:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:25

0 of 98 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 08:01 on Fri 28 Sep to 06:56 on Sat 29 Sep.

    1945-09-28T00:00:47Z → 1945-09-28T22:55:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:27–19:04 on the 28th, 17:25–19:03 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 98 on the 29th.

    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 33980 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1945: Friday 28 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1945 falls on Friday 28 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:01 on Fri 28 Sep to 06:56 on Sat 29 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1945/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 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 28thCoveredSunset 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:01 → 15:5618:410 min18:400 min27 Sep
Chicago19:01 → 17:5618:380 min18:360 min27 Sep
Jersey City20:01 → 18:5618:4412 min18:420 min27 Sep
Port of Spain21:01 → 19:5618:5858 min18:580 min28 Sep
London01:01 → 23:5618:4698 min18:430 min28 Sep
Durban02:01 → 00:5617:5594 min17:550 min28 Sep
Dubai04:01 → 02:5618:0996 min18:080 min28 Sep
Delhi06:31 → 05:2619:1196 min19:100 min28 Sep
Kolkata06:31 → 05:2618:2796 min18:260 min28 Sep
Singapore07:31 → 06:2618:2895 min18:280 min28 Sep
Sydney10:01 → 08:5617:5594 min17:560 min28 Sep
Suva12:01 → 10:5618:0394 min18:030 min28 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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