Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2075

Wednesday 2 October

Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 1 October

Qualifies with 40 of 97 minutes. Not taken.

18:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:37
Aṣṭamī begins 18:56:45
17:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

40 of 97 minutes covered, the last 40

Evening of Wednesday 2 October

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

17:58 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:36
17:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:58

97 of 97 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 18:57 on Tue 1 Oct to 21:33 on Wed 2 Oct.

    2075-10-01T13:56:46Z → 2075-10-02T16:33:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:00–19:37 on the 1st, 17:58–19:36 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 40 of 97 minutes on the 1st and 97 of 97 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2403 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2075: Wednesday 2 October.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2075 falls on Wednesday 2 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:57 on Tue 1 Oct to 21:33 on Wed 2 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 40 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2075/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 Angeles06:57 → 09:3318:3798 min18:350 min1 Oct
Chicago08:57 → 11:3318:3298 min18:300 min1 Oct
Jersey City09:57 → 12:3318:3898 min18:360 min1 Oct
Port of Spain09:57 → 12:3317:5696 min17:560 min1 Oct
London14:57 → 17:3318:3899 min18:360 min1 Oct
Durban15:57 → 18:3317:5793 min17:5836 min1 Oct
Dubai17:57 → 20:3318:0697 min18:0597 min2 Oct
Delhi19:27 → 22:0318:0717 min18:0697 min2 Oct
Kolkata19:27 → 22:0317:240 min17:2397 min2 Oct
Singapore21:57 → 00:3318:570 min18:5795 min2 Oct
Sydney23:57 → 02:3317:580 min17:5892 min2 Oct
Suva01:57 → 04:3318:040 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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