Evening of Thursday 21 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
18:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:47
Aṣṭamī begins 19:47:59
17:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:4820:12
0 of 95 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1989
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 11 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Thursday 21 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 95 minutes covered
Evening of Friday 22 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
31 of 95 minutes covered, the first 31
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:48 on Thu 21 Sep to 18:42 on Fri 22 Sep.
1989-09-21T14:47:59Z → 1989-09-22T13:41:57Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:12–19:47 on the 21st, 18:11–19:46 on the 22nd.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 95 minutes on the 21st and 31 of 95 on the 22nd.
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 71 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 1989: Friday 22 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1989 falls on Friday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:48 on Thu 21 Sep to 18:42 on Fri 22 Sep and covers 31 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It is 1 min 11 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 22 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 22 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 21 Sep |
| 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 21st | Covered | Sunset 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:48 → 06:42 | 18:51 | 95 min | 18:49 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Chicago | 09:48 → 08:42 | 18:49 | 95 min | 18:47 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Jersey City | 10:48 → 09:42 | 18:55 | 95 min | 18:53 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 10:48 → 09:42 | 18:02 | 95 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| London | 15:48 → 14:42 | 19:01 | 94 min | 18:59 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Durban | 16:48 → 15:42 | 17:51 | 95 min | 17:52 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Dubai | 18:48 → 17:42 | 18:16 | 63 min | 18:15 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Delhi | 20:18 → 19:12 | 18:19 | 0 min | 18:18 | 54 min | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 20:18 → 19:12 | 17:34 | 0 min | 17:33 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Singapore | 22:48 → 21:42 | 19:01 | 0 min | 19:00 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Sydney | 00:48 → 23:42 | 17:50 | 0 min | 17:51 | 95 min | 22 Sep |
| Suva | 02:48 → 01:42 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 22 Sep |