Evening of Sunday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:41
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02
0 of 100 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1985
Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 285 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Sunday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 100 minutes covered
Evening of Monday 7 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
100 of 100 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:26 on Mon 7 Oct to 01:31 on Tue 8 Oct.
1985-10-06T16:25:51Z → 1985-10-07T17:31:07Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:41 on the 6th, 18:00–19:40 on the 7th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 100 minutes on the 6th and 100 of 100 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 17077 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Datong, 1985: Monday 7 October.
confidence: determinate
In Datong, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1985 falls on Monday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:26 on Mon 7 Oct to 01:31 on Tue 8 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 7 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Datong. | ||
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 6th | Covered | Sunset 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:26 → 10:31 | 18:30 | 99 min | 18:29 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:26 → 12:31 | 18:23 | 100 min | 18:22 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:26 → 13:31 | 18:30 | 100 min | 18:28 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:26 → 13:31 | 17:53 | 96 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 17:26 → 18:31 | 18:27 | 102 min | 18:25 | 6 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 18:26 → 19:31 | 18:00 | 66 min | 18:00 | 91 min | 7 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:26 → 21:31 | 18:00 | 0 min | 17:59 | 98 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:56 → 23:01 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:00 | 98 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:56 → 23:01 | 17:19 | 0 min | 17:18 | 98 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:26 → 01:31 | 18:55 | 0 min | 18:55 | 95 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:26 → 03:31 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:02 | 91 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 04:26 → 05:31 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:05 | 93 min | 7 Oct |