Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2062

Monday 25 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 11 s.

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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 25 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:43
Aṣṭamī begins 18:13:00
17:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:4320:07

90 of 96 minutes covered, the last 90

Evening of Tuesday 26 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

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 18:13 on Mon 25 Sep to 16:07 on Tue 26 Sep.

    2062-09-25T13:13:00Z → 2062-09-26T11:06:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:07–19:43 on the 25th, 18:06–19:42 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 90 of 96 minutes on the 25th and 0 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 371 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2062: Monday 25 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2062 falls on Monday 25 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:13 on Mon 25 Sep to 16:07 on Tue 26 Sep and covers 90 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2062/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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 Angeles06:13 → 04:0718:4596 min18:430 min25 Sep
Chicago08:13 → 06:0718:4296 min18:400 min25 Sep
Jersey City09:13 → 07:0718:4896 min18:460 min25 Sep
Port of Spain09:13 → 07:0718:0095 min17:590 min25 Sep
London14:13 → 12:0718:5196 min18:490 min25 Sep
Durban15:13 → 13:0717:5494 min17:540 min25 Sep
Dubai17:13 → 15:0718:1296 min18:110 min25 Sep
Delhi18:43 → 16:3718:1467 min18:130 min25 Sep
Kolkata18:43 → 16:3717:3022 min17:290 min25 Sep
Singapore21:13 → 19:0718:590 min18:598 min26 Sep
Sydney23:13 → 21:0717:530 min17:5494 min26 Sep
Suva01:13 → 23:0718:030 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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