Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2056

Sunday 1 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 37 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 Sunday 1 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:36
17:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59

97 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 2 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:58 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:35
17:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:58

0 of 98 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 15:37 on Sun 1 Oct to 17:21 on Mon 2 Oct.

    2056-10-01T10:37:00Z → 2056-10-02T12:20:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:59–19:36 on the 1st, 17:58–19:35 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 98 on the 2nd.

    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 2216 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2056: Sunday 1 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2056 falls on Sunday 1 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:37 on Sun 1 Oct to 17:21 on Mon 2 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2056/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 Oct
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 1stCoveredSunset 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:37 → 05:2118:3698 min18:340 min1 Oct
Chicago05:37 → 07:2118:3199 min18:290 min1 Oct
Jersey City06:37 → 08:2118:3798 min18:350 min1 Oct
Port of Spain06:37 → 08:2117:5696 min17:550 min1 Oct
London11:37 → 13:2118:36100 min18:340 min1 Oct
Durban12:37 → 14:2117:5793 min17:580 min1 Oct
Dubai14:37 → 16:2118:0597 min18:040 min1 Oct
Delhi16:07 → 17:5118:0697 min18:050 min1 Oct
Kolkata16:07 → 17:5117:2397 min17:2328 min1 Oct
Singapore18:37 → 20:2118:5795 min18:5784 min1 Oct
Sydney21:37 → 23:2118:580 min18:5992 min2 Oct
Suva22:37 → 00:2118:040 min18:0494 min2 Oct
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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