Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2082

Tuesday 15 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 293 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 Monday 14 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:54
17:5718:2118:4519:0919:3319:5720:21

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 15 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:19 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:53
17:5518:1918:4319:0719:3119:5520:19

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 00:47 on Tue 15 Sep to 02:04 on Wed 16 Sep.

    2082-09-14T19:47:03Z → 2082-09-15T21:04:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:21–19:54 on the 14th, 18:19–19:53 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 93 of 93 on the 15th.

    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 17598 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2082: Tuesday 15 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2082 falls on Tuesday 15 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:47 on Tue 15 Sep to 02:04 on Wed 16 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2082/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 14thCoveredSunset 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:47 → 14:0419:0093 min18:590 min14 Sep
Chicago14:47 → 16:0419:0192 min18:590 min14 Sep
Jersey City15:47 → 17:0419:0692 min19:040 min14 Sep
Port of Spain15:47 → 17:0418:0795 min18:060 min14 Sep
London20:47 → 22:0419:160 min19:1491 min15 Sep
Durban21:47 → 23:0417:480 min17:4997 min15 Sep
Dubai23:47 → 01:0418:240 min18:2394 min15 Sep
Delhi01:17 → 02:3418:270 min18:2693 min15 Sep
Kolkata01:17 → 02:3417:410 min17:4094 min15 Sep
Singapore03:47 → 05:0419:040 min19:0395 min15 Sep
Sydney05:47 → 07:0417:460 min17:4797 min15 Sep
Suva07:47 → 09:0418:010 min18:0196 min15 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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