Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2096

Monday 8 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 184 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 8 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:47
16:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:05

102 of 102 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 9 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:46
16:3917:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:03

0 of 102 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 14:02 on Mon 8 Oct to 12:27 on Tue 9 Oct.

    2096-10-08T06:01:35Z → 2096-10-09T04:27:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:05–18:47 on the 8th, 17:03–18:46 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 102 of 102 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 102 on the 9th.

    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 11020 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2096: Monday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2096 falls on Monday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:02 on Mon 8 Oct to 12:27 on Tue 9 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2096/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 8thCoveredSunset 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:02 → 21:2718:26100 min18:250 min8 Oct
Chicago01:02 → 23:2718:19101 min18:170 min8 Oct
Jersey City02:02 → 00:2718:25101 min18:240 min8 Oct
Port of Spain02:02 → 00:2717:5296 min17:510 min8 Oct
London07:02 → 05:2718:20104 min18:180 min8 Oct
Durban08:02 → 06:2718:0291 min18:030 min8 Oct
Dubai10:02 → 08:2717:5898 min17:570 min8 Oct
Delhi11:32 → 09:5717:5899 min17:570 min8 Oct
Kolkata11:32 → 09:5717:1798 min17:160 min8 Oct
Singapore14:02 → 12:2718:5595 min18:540 min8 Oct
Sydney17:02 → 15:2719:0490 min19:040 min8 Oct
Suva18:02 → 16:2718:0693 min18:060 min8 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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