Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1953

Tuesday 29 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 178 minutes.

Decide it for

MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 29 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

97 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 30 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:01 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
17:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01

0 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 14:51 on Tue 29 Sep to 15:04 on Wed 30 Sep.

    1953-09-29T09:51:23Z → 1953-09-30T10:03:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:39 on the 29th, 18:01–19:38 on the 30th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 97 on the 30th.

    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 10657 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 1953: Tuesday 29 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1953 falls on Tuesday 29 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:51 on Tue 29 Sep to 15:04 on Wed 30 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1953/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 29thCoveredSunset 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:51 → 02:0417:4097 min17:380 min29 Sep
Chicago03:51 → 04:0417:3697 min17:340 min29 Sep
Jersey City04:51 → 05:0417:4297 min17:400 min29 Sep
Port of Spain05:51 → 06:0417:5896 min17:570 min29 Sep
London10:51 → 11:0418:4398 min18:410 min29 Sep
Durban11:51 → 12:0417:5593 min17:560 min29 Sep
Dubai13:51 → 14:0418:0896 min18:070 min29 Sep
Delhi15:21 → 15:3418:1096 min18:090 min29 Sep
Kolkata15:21 → 15:3417:2696 min17:250 min29 Sep
Singapore17:21 → 17:3418:2895 min18:280 min29 Sep
Sydney19:51 → 20:0417:560 min17:5693 min30 Sep
Suva21:51 → 22:0418:030 min18:0394 min30 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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