Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1907

Sunday 29 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 462 minutes.

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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 Saturday 28 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:35 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:11
18:1118:3518:5919:2319:4720:1120:35

0 of 96 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 29 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:33 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:10
18:0918:3318:5719:2119:4520:0920:33

96 of 96 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 03:53 on Sun 29 Sep to 06:25 on Mon 30 Sep.

    1907-09-28T22:23:04Z → 1907-09-30T00:54:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:35–20:11 on the 28th, 18:33–20:10 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 96 minutes on the 28th and 96 of 96 on the 29th.

    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 27733 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 1907: Sunday 29 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1907 falls on Sunday 29 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:53 on Sun 29 Sep to 06:25 on Mon 30 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1907/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 Sep
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 28thCoveredSunset 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:23 → 16:5517:4296 min17:400 min28 Sep
Chicago16:23 → 18:5517:3997 min17:350 min28 Sep
Jersey City17:23 → 19:5517:4597 min17:420 min29 Sep
Port of Spain18:23 → 20:5517:5971 min17:570 min29 Sep
London22:23 → 00:5517:480 min17:430 min29 Sep
Durban00:23 → 02:5517:540 min17:560 min29 Sep
Dubai02:04 → 04:3617:510 min17:490 min29 Sep
Delhi03:53 → 06:2518:120 min18:100 min29 Sep
Kolkata03:53 → 06:2517:280 min17:260 min29 Sep
Singapore05:23 → 07:5517:590 min17:580 min29 Sep
Sydney08:23 → 10:5517:540 min17:560 min29 Sep
Suva10:18 → 12:5017:580 min17:580 min29 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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