Evening of Sunday 7 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
17:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59
0 of 100 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2012
Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 416 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Sunday 7 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 100 minutes covered
Evening of Monday 8 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
100 of 100 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 02:36 on Mon 8 Oct to 04:22 on Tue 9 Oct.
2012-10-07T18:35:32Z → 2012-10-08T20:21:30Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:59–19:39 on the 7th, 17:58–19:38 on the 8th.
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 7th and 100 of 100 on the 8th.
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 24967 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Datong, 2012: Monday 8 October.
confidence: determinate
In Datong, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2012 falls on Monday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:36 on Mon 8 Oct to 04:22 on Tue 9 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 8 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 7th | Covered | Sunset 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:36 → 13:22 | 18:28 | 99 min | 18:27 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 13:36 → 15:22 | 18:21 | 101 min | 18:19 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 14:36 → 16:22 | 18:28 | 100 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:36 → 16:22 | 17:52 | 96 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| London | 19:36 → 21:22 | 18:24 | 31 min | 18:21 | 103 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 20:36 → 22:22 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:01 | 91 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:36 → 00:22 | 17:59 | 0 min | 17:58 | 98 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:06 → 01:52 | 18:00 | 0 min | 17:59 | 99 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:06 → 01:52 | 17:18 | 0 min | 17:17 | 98 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 02:36 → 04:22 | 18:55 | 0 min | 18:55 | 95 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 05:36 → 07:22 | 19:02 | 0 min | 19:03 | 91 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 06:36 → 08:22 | 18:05 | 0 min | 18:05 | 93 min | 8 Oct |