Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1901

Friday 4 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 201 minutes.

Decide it for

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two evenings

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

Evening of Friday 4 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:25 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:02
17:0117:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:25

98 of 98 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 5 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:24 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:02
17:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:24

0 of 98 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 14:04 on Fri 4 Oct to 12:44 on Sat 5 Oct.

    1901-10-04T09:36:04Z → 1901-10-05T08:16:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:25–19:02 on the 4th, 17:24–19:02 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 98 of 98 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 98 on the 5th.

    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 12044 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 1901: Friday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1901 falls on Friday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:04 on Fri 4 Oct to 12:44 on Sat 5 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1901/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 4thCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:36 → 00:1617:3498 min17:320 min4 Oct
Chicago03:36 → 02:1617:2899 min17:260 min4 Oct
Jersey City04:36 → 03:1617:3499 min17:330 min4 Oct
Port of Spain05:36 → 04:1617:5596 min17:540 min4 Oct
London09:36 → 08:1617:33101 min17:310 min4 Oct
Durban11:06 → 09:4617:2892 min17:290 min4 Oct
Dubai13:17 → 11:5717:4497 min17:430 min4 Oct
Delhi14:57 → 13:3717:5598 min17:540 min4 Oct
Kolkata14:57 → 13:3717:1397 min17:120 min4 Oct
Singapore16:31 → 15:1117:5195 min17:510 min4 Oct
Sydney19:36 → 18:1617:590 min18:0017 min5 Oct
Suva21:31 → 20:1117:590 min17:5994 min5 Oct
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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