Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2074

Thursday 13 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 494 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 Wednesday 12 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:23 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:56
17:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:5920:23

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 13 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:22 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:55
17:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:5820:22

93 of 93 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 04:09 on Thu 13 Sep to 06:32 on Fri 14 Sep.

    2074-09-12T23:09:21Z → 2074-09-14T01:31:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:23–19:56 on the 12th, 18:22–19:55 on the 13th.

    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 93 minutes on the 12th and 93 of 93 on the 13th.

    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 29614 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2074: Thursday 13 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2074 falls on Thursday 13 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:09 on Thu 13 Sep to 06:32 on Fri 14 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2074/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 13 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 12thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:09 → 18:3219:0392 min19:000 min12 Sep
Chicago18:09 → 20:3219:0491 min19:010 min12 Sep
Jersey City19:09 → 21:3219:1092 min19:060 min13 Sep
Port of Spain19:09 → 21:3218:0833 min18:070 min13 Sep
London00:09 → 02:3219:210 min19:160 min13 Sep
Durban01:09 → 03:3217:470 min17:480 min13 Sep
Dubai03:09 → 05:3218:260 min18:240 min13 Sep
Delhi04:39 → 07:0218:300 min18:270 min13 Sep
Kolkata04:39 → 07:0217:430 min17:410 min13 Sep
Singapore07:09 → 09:3219:040 min19:040 min13 Sep
Sydney09:09 → 11:3217:450 min17:460 min13 Sep
Suva11:09 → 13:3218:010 min18:010 min13 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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