Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2032

Sunday 26 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 364 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 Saturday 25 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:06 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:42
17:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:4220:06

0 of 96 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 26 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:05 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:41
17:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:4120:05

96 of 96 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 01:46 on Sun 26 Sep to 02:49 on Mon 27 Sep.

    2032-09-25T20:46:07Z → 2032-09-26T21:49:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:06–19:42 on the 25th, 18:05–19:41 on the 26th.

    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 96 minutes on the 25th and 96 of 96 on the 26th.

    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 21837 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2032: Sunday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2032 falls on Sunday 26 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:46 on Sun 26 Sep to 02:49 on Mon 27 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2032/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 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 25thCoveredSunset 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:46 → 14:4918:4496 min18:430 min25 Sep
Chicago15:46 → 16:4918:4196 min18:390 min25 Sep
Jersey City16:46 → 17:4918:4796 min18:450 min25 Sep
Port of Spain16:46 → 17:4918:0095 min17:590 min25 Sep
London21:46 → 22:4918:500 min18:4897 min26 Sep
Durban22:46 → 23:4917:540 min17:5494 min26 Sep
Dubai00:46 → 01:4918:110 min18:1096 min26 Sep
Delhi02:16 → 03:1918:130 min18:1296 min26 Sep
Kolkata02:16 → 03:1917:290 min17:2896 min26 Sep
Singapore04:46 → 05:4918:590 min18:5995 min26 Sep
Sydney06:46 → 07:4917:530 min17:5494 min26 Sep
Suva08:46 → 09:4918:030 min18:0395 min26 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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