Evening of Sunday 3 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:57 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:35
17:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:3319:57
98 of 98 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2083
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 Sunday 3 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
98 of 98 minutes covered
Evening of Monday 4 October
Qualifies with 76 of 98 minutes. Not taken.
76 of 98 minutes covered, the first 76
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:59 on Sun 3 Oct to 19:12 on Mon 4 Oct.
2083-10-03T11:58:31Z → 2083-10-04T14:11:41Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:57–19:35 on the 3rd, 17:56–19:34 on the 4th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 98 of 98 minutes on the 3rd and 76 of 98 on the 4th.
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 1332 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Multan, 2083: Sunday 3 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Multan, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2083 falls on Sunday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:59 on Sun 3 Oct to 19:12 on Mon 4 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 76 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 | Sun 3 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 3 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 3 Oct |
| 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 3rd | Covered | Sunset 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:59 → 07:12 | 18:34 | 98 min | 18:33 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Chicago | 06:59 → 09:12 | 18:28 | 99 min | 18:27 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Jersey City | 07:59 → 10:12 | 18:35 | 99 min | 18:33 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 07:59 → 10:12 | 17:55 | 96 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| London | 12:59 → 15:12 | 18:33 | 100 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Durban | 13:59 → 16:12 | 17:58 | 92 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 15:59 → 18:12 | 18:04 | 97 min | 18:03 | 9 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 17:29 → 19:42 | 18:05 | 98 min | 18:04 | 98 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 17:29 → 19:42 | 17:22 | 91 min | 17:21 | 97 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 19:59 → 22:12 | 18:57 | 33 min | 18:56 | 95 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 22:59 → 01:12 | 18:59 | 0 min | 19:00 | 92 min | 4 Oct |
| Suva | 23:59 → 02:12 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 94 min | 4 Oct |