Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2041

Tuesday 17 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 152 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 16 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:18 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:52
17:5418:1818:4219:0619:3019:5420:18

0 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 17 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:17 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:51
17:5318:1718:4119:0519:2919:5320:17

94 of 94 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 22:23 on Mon 16 Sep to 22:54 on Tue 17 Sep.

    2041-09-16T17:23:10Z → 2041-09-17T17:53:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:18–19:52 on the 16th, 18:17–19:51 on the 17th.

    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 94 minutes on the 16th and 94 of 94 on the 17th.

    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 9097 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2041: Tuesday 17 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2041 falls on Tuesday 17 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:23 on Mon 16 Sep to 22:54 on Tue 17 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2041/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 17 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 16thCoveredSunset 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:23 → 10:5418:5793 min18:560 min16 Sep
Chicago12:23 → 12:5418:5793 min18:550 min16 Sep
Jersey City13:23 → 13:5419:0393 min19:010 min16 Sep
Port of Spain13:23 → 13:5418:0695 min18:050 min16 Sep
London18:23 → 18:5419:1292 min19:090 min16 Sep
Durban19:23 → 19:5417:492 min17:4996 min17 Sep
Dubai21:23 → 21:5418:210 min18:2094 min17 Sep
Delhi22:53 → 23:2418:250 min18:2394 min17 Sep
Kolkata22:53 → 23:2417:390 min17:3894 min17 Sep
Singapore01:23 → 01:5419:030 min19:0295 min17 Sep
Sydney03:23 → 03:5417:470 min17:4896 min17 Sep
Suva05:23 → 05:5418:010 min18:0196 min17 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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