Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1987

Monday 14 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 40 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 Monday 14 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:22 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:54
17:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:5820:22

93 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 15 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:20 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:53
17:5618:2018:4419:0819:3219:5620:20

0 of 93 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 15:57 on Mon 14 Sep to 17:40 on Tue 15 Sep.

    1987-09-14T10:57:13Z → 1987-09-15T12:39:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:22–19:54 on the 14th, 18:20–19:53 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 93 of 93 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 93 on the 15th.

    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 2427 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 1987: Monday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1987 falls on Monday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:57 on Mon 14 Sep to 17:40 on Tue 15 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1987/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 14 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 14thCoveredSunset 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:57 → 05:4019:0193 min19:000 min14 Sep
Chicago05:57 → 07:4019:0292 min19:010 min14 Sep
Jersey City06:57 → 08:4019:0892 min19:060 min14 Sep
Port of Spain06:57 → 08:4018:0794 min18:070 min14 Sep
London11:57 → 13:4019:1890 min19:160 min14 Sep
Durban12:57 → 14:4017:4797 min17:480 min14 Sep
Dubai14:57 → 16:4018:2493 min18:230 min14 Sep
Delhi16:27 → 18:1018:2893 min18:270 min14 Sep
Kolkata16:27 → 18:1017:4194 min17:4129 min14 Sep
Singapore18:57 → 20:4019:0495 min19:0395 min15 Sep
Sydney20:57 → 22:4017:450 min17:4697 min15 Sep
Suva22:57 → 00:4018:010 min18:0196 min15 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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