Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2064

Friday 3 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 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 Friday 3 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:55
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

100 of 100 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 4 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:13 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:53
16:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:13

0 of 100 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 11:37 on Fri 3 Oct to 11:53 on Sat 4 Oct.

    2064-10-03T03:37:22Z → 2064-10-04T03:53:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:15–18:55 on the 3rd, 17:13–18:53 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 100 of 100 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 100 on the 4th.

    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 19186 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2064: Friday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2064 falls on Friday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:37 on Fri 3 Oct to 11:53 on Sat 4 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2064/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 3 Oct
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 3rdCoveredSunset 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:37 → 20:5318:3398 min18:320 min3 Oct
Chicago22:37 → 22:5318:2799 min18:250 min3 Oct
Jersey City23:37 → 23:5318:3399 min18:320 min3 Oct
Port of Spain23:37 → 23:5317:5596 min17:540 min3 Oct
London04:37 → 04:5318:32101 min18:300 min3 Oct
Durban05:37 → 05:5317:5992 min17:590 min3 Oct
Dubai07:37 → 07:5318:0397 min18:020 min3 Oct
Delhi09:07 → 09:2318:0498 min18:030 min3 Oct
Kolkata09:07 → 09:2317:2297 min17:210 min3 Oct
Singapore11:37 → 11:5318:5695 min18:560 min3 Oct
Sydney13:37 → 13:5318:0092 min18:000 min3 Oct
Suva15:37 → 15:5318:0494 min18:040 min3 Oct
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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