Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2016

Friday 23 September

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 565 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 Thursday 22 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:46
17:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:4720:11

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 23 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:10 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:46
17:4618:1018:3418:5819:2219:4620:10

95 of 95 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 06:49 on Fri 23 Sep to 05:11 on Sat 24 Sep.

    2016-09-22T22:49:05Z → 2016-09-23T21:10:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:11–19:46 on the 22nd, 18:10–19:46 on the 23rd.

    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 95 minutes on the 22nd and 95 of 95 on the 23rd.

    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 33920 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Puning, 2016: Friday 23 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2016 falls on Friday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:49 on Fri 23 Sep to 05:11 on Sat 24 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/2016/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 Sep
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 22ndCoveredSunset 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:49 → 14:1118:4995 min18:470 min22 Sep
Chicago17:49 → 16:1118:4795 min18:450 min22 Sep
Jersey City18:49 → 17:1118:5295 min18:510 min22 Sep
Port of Spain18:49 → 17:1118:0248 min18:010 min22 Sep
London23:49 → 22:1118:580 min18:5595 min23 Sep
Durban00:49 → 23:1117:520 min17:5395 min23 Sep
Dubai02:49 → 01:1118:150 min18:1495 min23 Sep
Delhi04:19 → 02:4118:170 min18:1695 min23 Sep
Kolkata04:19 → 02:4117:330 min17:3295 min23 Sep
Singapore06:49 → 05:1119:000 min19:0095 min23 Sep
Sydney08:49 → 07:1117:510 min17:5295 min23 Sep
Suva10:49 → 09:1118:020 min18:0295 min23 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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