Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2051

Wednesday 27 September

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 110 minutes.

Decide it for

DaqingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 26 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:30 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:07
17:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

0 of 96 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 27 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:29 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:05
17:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

97 of 97 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 21:58 on Tue 26 Sep to 20:55 on Wed 27 Sep.

    2051-09-26T13:58:25Z → 2051-09-27T12:54:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:30–19:07 on the 26th, 17:29–19:05 on the 27th.

    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 96 minutes on the 26th and 97 of 97 on the 27th.

    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 6577 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2051: Wednesday 27 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2051 falls on Wednesday 27 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:58 on Tue 26 Sep to 20:55 on Wed 27 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2051/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 27 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 26thCoveredSunset 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:58 → 05:5518:4496 min18:420 min26 Sep
Chicago08:58 → 07:5518:4196 min18:390 min26 Sep
Jersey City09:58 → 08:5518:4696 min18:450 min26 Sep
Port of Spain09:58 → 08:5517:5995 min17:590 min26 Sep
London14:58 → 13:5518:5097 min18:470 min26 Sep
Durban15:58 → 14:5517:5494 min17:550 min26 Sep
Dubai17:58 → 16:5518:1196 min18:100 min26 Sep
Delhi19:28 → 18:2518:1321 min18:1213 min26 Sep
Kolkata19:28 → 18:2517:290 min17:2857 min27 Sep
Singapore21:58 → 20:5518:590 min18:5995 min27 Sep
Sydney23:58 → 22:5517:540 min17:5594 min27 Sep
Suva01:58 → 00:5518:030 min18:0394 min27 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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