Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1923

Wednesday 3 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 132 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 Tuesday 2 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:30 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:07
18:0618:3018:5419:1819:4220:0620:30

0 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 3 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:06
18:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:0420:28

97 of 97 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 22:19 on Tue 2 Oct to 23:29 on Wed 3 Oct.

    1923-10-02T16:48:48Z → 1923-10-03T17:59:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:30–20:07 on the 2nd, 18:28–20:06 on the 3rd.

    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 97 minutes on the 2nd and 97 of 97 on the 3rd.

    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 7922 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 1923: Wednesday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1923 falls on Wednesday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:19 on Tue 2 Oct to 23:29 on Wed 3 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1923/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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 2ndCoveredSunset 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:49 → 09:5917:3798 min17:350 min2 Oct
Chicago10:49 → 11:5917:3298 min17:300 min2 Oct
Jersey City11:49 → 12:5917:3898 min17:360 min2 Oct
Port of Spain12:49 → 13:5917:5696 min17:560 min2 Oct
London16:49 → 17:5917:3899 min17:3623 min2 Oct
Durban18:49 → 19:5917:5741 min17:5793 min3 Oct
Dubai20:49 → 21:5918:060 min18:0597 min3 Oct
Delhi22:19 → 23:2918:070 min18:0697 min3 Oct
Kolkata22:19 → 23:2917:240 min17:2397 min3 Oct
Singapore23:49 → 00:5917:570 min17:5795 min3 Oct
Sydney02:49 → 03:5917:570 min17:5892 min3 Oct
Suva04:49 → 05:5918:030 min18:0494 min3 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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