Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1900

Saturday 15 September

Determinatein Lucknow, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 207 minutes.

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26°50′ N 80°55′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1264733

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Saturday 15 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:36
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

93 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 16 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:01 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:35
17:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01

0 of 94 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 14:36 on Sat 15 Sep to 14:11 on Sun 16 Sep.

    1900-09-15T09:14:49Z → 1900-09-16T08:50:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:36 on the 15th, 18:01–19:35 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 93 of 93 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 94 on the 16th.

    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 12391 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Lucknow, 1900: Saturday 15 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lucknow, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1900 falls on Saturday 15 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:36 on Sat 15 Sep to 14:11 on Sun 16 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/lucknow/festivals/1900/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 15 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 15 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 15 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lucknow.

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 15thCoveredSunset 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:15 → 00:5018:0093 min17:580 min15 Sep
Chicago03:15 → 02:5018:0092 min17:590 min15 Sep
Jersey City04:15 → 03:5018:0692 min18:040 min15 Sep
Port of Spain05:15 → 04:5018:0795 min18:060 min15 Sep
London09:15 → 08:5018:1691 min18:140 min15 Sep
Durban10:45 → 10:2017:1897 min17:180 min15 Sep
Dubai12:56 → 12:3118:0494 min18:030 min15 Sep
Delhi14:36 → 14:1118:1893 min18:160 min15 Sep
Kolkata14:36 → 14:1117:3194 min17:300 min15 Sep
Singapore16:10 → 15:4517:5895 min17:580 min15 Sep
Sydney19:15 → 18:5017:468 min17:4664 min16 Sep
Suva21:10 → 20:4517:560 min17:5696 min16 Sep
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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