Evening of Sunday 1 October
Qualifies with 21 of 99 minutes. Not taken.
17:19 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:58
Aṣṭamī begins 18:36:59
16:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:19
21 of 99 minutes covered, the last 21
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2056
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Sunday 1 October
Qualifies with 21 of 99 minutes. Not taken.
21 of 99 minutes covered, the last 21
Evening of Monday 2 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
99 of 99 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:37 on Sun 1 Oct to 20:21 on Mon 2 Oct.
2056-10-01T10:37:00Z → 2056-10-02T12:20:39Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:19–18:58 on the 1st, 17:17–18:56 on the 2nd.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 21 of 99 minutes on the 1st and 99 of 99 on the 2nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1258 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2056: Monday 2 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2056 falls on Monday 2 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:37 on Sun 1 Oct to 20:21 on Mon 2 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 21 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 2 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 2 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 2 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 1st | Covered | Sunset 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:37 → 05:21 | 18:36 | 98 min | 18:34 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Chicago | 05:37 → 07:21 | 18:31 | 99 min | 18:29 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 06:37 → 08:21 | 18:37 | 98 min | 18:35 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 06:37 → 08:21 | 17:56 | 96 min | 17:55 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| London | 11:37 → 13:21 | 18:36 | 100 min | 18:34 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 12:37 → 14:21 | 17:57 | 93 min | 17:58 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 14:37 → 16:21 | 18:05 | 97 min | 18:04 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:07 → 17:51 | 18:06 | 97 min | 18:05 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:07 → 17:51 | 17:23 | 97 min | 17:23 | 28 min | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:37 → 20:21 | 18:57 | 95 min | 18:57 | 84 min | 1 Oct |
| Sydney | 21:37 → 23:21 | 18:58 | 0 min | 18:59 | 92 min | 2 Oct |
| Suva | 22:37 → 00:21 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 94 min | 2 Oct |