Evening of Saturday 19 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
18:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:48
17:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:5020:14
94 of 94 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2076
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Saturday 19 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
94 of 94 minutes covered
Evening of Sunday 20 September
Qualifies with 41 of 95 minutes. Not taken.
41 of 95 minutes covered, the first 41
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:31 on Sat 19 Sep to 18:53 on Sun 20 Sep.
2076-09-19T12:31:28Z → 2076-09-20T13:52:57Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:14–19:48 on the 19th, 18:12–19:47 on the 20th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 19th and 41 of 95 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2432 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2076: Saturday 19 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2076 falls on Saturday 19 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:31 on Sat 19 Sep to 18:53 on Sun 20 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 41 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 19 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 19 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 19 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Sunset 19th | Covered | Sunset 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:31 → 06:53 | 18:52 | 94 min | 18:51 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Chicago | 07:31 → 08:53 | 18:51 | 94 min | 18:50 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Jersey City | 08:31 → 09:53 | 18:57 | 94 min | 18:55 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 08:31 → 09:53 | 18:03 | 95 min | 18:03 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| London | 13:31 → 14:53 | 19:04 | 94 min | 19:01 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Durban | 14:31 → 15:53 | 17:51 | 96 min | 17:51 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Dubai | 16:31 → 17:53 | 18:18 | 95 min | 18:17 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Delhi | 18:01 → 19:23 | 18:20 | 94 min | 18:19 | 64 min | 19 Sep |
| Kolkata | 18:01 → 19:23 | 17:35 | 69 min | 17:34 | 95 min | 20 Sep |
| Singapore | 20:31 → 21:53 | 19:02 | 5 min | 19:01 | 95 min | 20 Sep |
| Sydney | 22:31 → 23:53 | 17:50 | 0 min | 17:50 | 95 min | 20 Sep |
| Suva | 00:31 → 01:53 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 20 Sep |