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Ruling · 1908 · Fuzhou

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Thursday 17 September1908 · Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Determinatemargin 627 min

In Fuzhou, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 627 minutes.

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The two evenings प्रदोष

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Wednesday 16 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:40
17:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:4320:07

0 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 17 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:4120:05

94 of 94 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 06:08 on Thu 17 Sep to 07:11 on Fri 18 Sep.

    1908-09-16T22:07:35Z → 1908-09-17T23:10:30Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:07–19:40 on the 16th, 18:05–19:39 on the 17th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 94 minutes on the 16th and 94 of 94 on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 37643 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Fuzhou, 1908: Thursday 17 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Fuzhou, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1908 falls on Thursday 17 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:08 on Thu 17 Sep to 07:11 on Fri 18 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/fuzhou/festivals/1908/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 17 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Fuzhou.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlaceAṣṭamīSunset 16thCoveredSunset 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:08 → 15:1117:5893 min17:570 min16 Sep
Chicago16:08 → 17:1117:5993 min17:570 min16 Sep
Jersey City17:08 → 18:1118:0493 min18:028 min16 Sep
Port of Spain18:08 → 19:1118:0693 min18:0565 min16 Sep
London22:08 → 23:1118:130 min18:1192 min17 Sep
Durban00:08 → 01:1117:480 min17:4996 min17 Sep
Dubai01:49 → 02:5218:030 min18:0294 min17 Sep
Delhi03:38 → 04:4118:250 min18:2494 min17 Sep
Kolkata03:38 → 04:4117:390 min17:3894 min17 Sep
Singapore05:08 → 06:1118:030 min18:0295 min17 Sep
Sydney08:08 → 09:1117:460 min17:4797 min17 Sep
Suva10:03 → 11:0617:560 min17:5696 min17 Sep
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
jitashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s