Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2033

Thursday 15 September

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 224 minutes.

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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 Thursday 15 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:23
17:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:52

92 of 92 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 16 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:50 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:22
17:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:50

0 of 92 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 14:08 on Thu 15 Sep to 13:09 on Fri 16 Sep.

    2033-09-15T06:07:43Z → 2033-09-16T05:09:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:52–19:23 on the 15th, 17:50–19:22 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 92 of 92 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 92 on the 16th.

    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 13436 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2033: Thursday 15 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2033 falls on Thursday 15 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:08 on Thu 15 Sep to 13:09 on Fri 16 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2033/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 15thCoveredSunset 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:08 → 22:0918:5993 min18:570 min15 Sep
Chicago01:08 → 00:0918:5992 min18:570 min15 Sep
Jersey City02:08 → 01:0919:0493 min19:030 min15 Sep
Port of Spain02:08 → 01:0918:0695 min18:060 min15 Sep
London07:08 → 06:0919:1491 min19:120 min15 Sep
Durban08:08 → 07:0917:4897 min17:490 min15 Sep
Dubai10:08 → 09:0918:2294 min18:210 min15 Sep
Delhi11:38 → 10:3918:2693 min18:250 min15 Sep
Kolkata11:38 → 10:3917:4094 min17:390 min15 Sep
Singapore14:08 → 13:0919:0395 min19:030 min15 Sep
Sydney16:08 → 15:0917:4697 min17:470 min15 Sep
Suva18:08 → 17:0918:0189 min18:010 min15 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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