Evening of Tuesday 4 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
17:56 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:34
17:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:3219:56
0 of 98 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1977
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 339 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Tuesday 4 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 98 minutes covered
Evening of Wednesday 5 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
98 of 98 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 01:13 on Wed 5 Oct to 03:23 on Thu 6 Oct.
1977-10-04T20:12:32Z → 1977-10-05T22:23:28Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:56–19:34 on the 4th, 17:55–19:33 on the 5th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 98 minutes on the 4th and 98 of 98 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 20316 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 1977: Wednesday 5 October.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1977 falls on Wednesday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:13 on Wed 5 Oct to 03:23 on Thu 6 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 5 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Sunset 4th | Covered | Sunset 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:13 → 15:23 | 18:33 | 98 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 15:13 → 17:23 | 18:27 | 99 min | 18:25 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 16:13 → 18:23 | 18:33 | 99 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:13 → 18:23 | 17:54 | 96 min | 17:54 | 30 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 21:13 → 23:23 | 18:32 | 0 min | 18:29 | 101 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 22:13 → 00:23 | 17:58 | 0 min | 17:59 | 92 min | 5 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:13 → 02:23 | 18:03 | 0 min | 18:02 | 98 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 01:43 → 03:53 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:03 | 98 min | 5 Oct |
| Kolkata | 01:43 → 03:53 | 17:21 | 0 min | 17:20 | 97 min | 5 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:43 → 05:53 | 18:26 | 0 min | 18:26 | 95 min | 5 Oct |
| Sydney | 06:13 → 08:23 | 17:59 | 0 min | 18:00 | 92 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 08:13 → 10:23 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 93 min | 5 Oct |