Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2007

Wednesday 3 October

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 597 minutes.

Decide it for

PuningDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

23°19′ N 116°10′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1802940

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Tuesday 2 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:3818:0218:2618:5019:1419:3820:02

0 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 3 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:01 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:38
17:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01

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 06:46 on Wed 3 Oct to 05:36 on Thu 4 Oct.

    2007-10-02T22:46:10Z → 2007-10-03T21:35:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:02–19:39 on the 2nd, 18:01–19:38 on the 3rd.

    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 97 minutes on the 2nd and 97 of 97 on the 3rd.

    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 35849 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Puning, 2007: Wednesday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2007 falls on Wednesday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:46 on Wed 3 Oct to 05:36 on Thu 4 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/2007/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning.

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 2ndCoveredSunset 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:46 → 14:3618:3698 min18:340 min2 Oct
Chicago17:46 → 16:3618:3199 min18:290 min2 Oct
Jersey City18:46 → 17:3618:3789 min18:350 min2 Oct
Port of Spain18:46 → 17:3617:5646 min17:550 min2 Oct
London23:46 → 22:3618:370 min18:34100 min3 Oct
Durban00:46 → 23:3617:570 min17:5893 min3 Oct
Dubai02:46 → 01:3618:050 min18:0497 min3 Oct
Delhi04:16 → 03:0618:060 min18:0597 min3 Oct
Kolkata04:16 → 03:0617:240 min17:2397 min3 Oct
Singapore06:46 → 05:3618:570 min18:5795 min3 Oct
Sydney08:46 → 07:3617:580 min17:5892 min3 Oct
Suva10:46 → 09:3618:040 min18:0494 min3 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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