Evening of Saturday 4 October
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.
18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:43
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04
0 of 99 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2053
Boundaryin Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Aṣṭamī reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Saturday 4 October
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 99 minutes covered
Evening of Sunday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 99 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:07 on Sat 4 Oct to 17:56 on Sun 5 Oct.
2053-10-04T12:06:40Z → 2053-10-05T09:56:02Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:43 on the 4th, 18:02–19:42 on the 5th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 99 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 99 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 385 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Datong, 2053: Saturday 4 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Datong, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2053 falls on Saturday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:07 on Sat 4 Oct to 17:56 on Sun 5 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 4 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 4 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 4 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 4th | Covered | Sunset 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:07 → 02:56 | 18:32 | 99 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 07:07 → 04:56 | 18:26 | 100 min | 18:24 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 08:07 → 05:56 | 18:32 | 99 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 08:07 → 05:56 | 17:54 | 96 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 13:07 → 10:56 | 18:30 | 101 min | 18:28 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 14:07 → 11:56 | 17:59 | 92 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 16:07 → 13:56 | 18:02 | 97 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 17:37 → 15:26 | 18:03 | 98 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 17:37 → 15:26 | 17:21 | 81 min | 17:20 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:07 → 17:56 | 18:56 | 25 min | 18:56 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 22:07 → 20:56 | 18:00 | 0 min | 19:01 | 91 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 00:07 → 21:56 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 93 min | 5 Oct |