Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2071

Wednesday 16 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 44 minutes.

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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 Wednesday 16 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:18 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:52
Aṣṭamī begins 19:02:05
17:5418:1818:4219:0619:3019:5420:18

50 of 94 minutes covered, the last 50

Evening of Thursday 17 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

0 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 19:02 on Wed 16 Sep to 17:08 on Thu 17 Sep.

    2071-09-16T14:02:05Z → 2071-09-17T12:08:19Z

  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 50 of 94 minutes on the 16th and 0 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 2620 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2071: Wednesday 16 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2071 falls on Wednesday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:02 on Wed 16 Sep to 17:08 on Thu 17 Sep and covers 50 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2071/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 Angeles07:02 → 05:0818:5893 min18:560 min16 Sep
Chicago09:02 → 07:0818:5893 min18:560 min16 Sep
Jersey City10:02 → 08:0819:0393 min19:020 min16 Sep
Port of Spain10:02 → 08:0818:0695 min18:050 min16 Sep
London15:02 → 13:0819:1292 min19:100 min16 Sep
Durban16:02 → 14:0817:4996 min17:490 min16 Sep
Dubai18:02 → 16:0818:2294 min18:210 min16 Sep
Delhi19:32 → 17:3818:2527 min18:240 min16 Sep
Kolkata19:32 → 17:3817:390 min17:380 min17 Sep
Singapore22:02 → 20:0819:030 min19:0366 min17 Sep
Sydney00:02 → 22:0817:470 min17:4896 min17 Sep
Suva02:02 → 00:0818:010 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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