Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2058

Monday 9 September

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 186 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 Monday 9 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:33
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04

89 of 89 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 10 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:31
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

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 13:29 on Mon 9 Sep to 14:56 on Tue 10 Sep.

    2058-09-09T05:29:09Z → 2058-09-10T06:56:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:33 on the 9th, 18:02–19:31 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 11130 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2058: Monday 9 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2058 falls on Monday 9 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:29 on Mon 9 Sep to 14:56 on Tue 10 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2058/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 Angeles22:29 → 23:5619:0792 min19:060 min9 Sep
Chicago00:29 → 01:5619:1090 min19:080 min9 Sep
Jersey City01:29 → 02:5619:1590 min19:130 min9 Sep
Port of Spain01:29 → 02:5618:1094 min18:100 min9 Sep
London06:29 → 07:5619:2888 min19:260 min9 Sep
Durban07:29 → 08:5617:4598 min17:460 min9 Sep
Dubai09:29 → 10:5618:2993 min18:280 min9 Sep
Delhi10:59 → 12:2618:3392 min18:320 min9 Sep
Kolkata10:59 → 12:2617:4693 min17:450 min9 Sep
Singapore13:29 → 14:5619:0695 min19:050 min9 Sep
Sydney15:29 → 16:5617:4299 min17:430 min9 Sep
Suva17:29 → 18:5618:0097 min18:0056 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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