Evening of Tuesday 3 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
17:39 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:16
17:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:39
0 of 97 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1950
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 161 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Tuesday 3 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 97 minutes covered
Evening of Wednesday 4 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
97 of 97 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:56 on Tue 3 Oct to 23:41 on Wed 4 Oct.
1950-10-03T18:56:23Z → 1950-10-04T20:41:02Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:39–19:16 on the 3rd, 17:38–19:15 on the 4th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 97 minutes on the 3rd and 97 of 97 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9650 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Riyadh, 1950: Wednesday 4 October.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1950 falls on Wednesday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:56 on Tue 3 Oct to 23:41 on Wed 4 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 4 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 4 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 4 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh. | ||
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 | 10:56 → 12:41 | 17:35 | 98 min | 17:33 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:56 → 14:41 | 17:29 | 99 min | 17:28 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:56 → 15:41 | 17:36 | 99 min | 17:34 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:56 → 16:41 | 17:55 | 96 min | 17:55 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| London | 19:56 → 21:41 | 18:35 | 18 min | 18:33 | 101 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 20:56 → 22:41 | 17:58 | 0 min | 17:58 | 92 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:56 → 00:41 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:03 | 97 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:26 → 02:11 | 18:05 | 0 min | 18:04 | 98 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:26 → 02:11 | 17:23 | 0 min | 17:22 | 97 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 02:26 → 04:11 | 18:27 | 0 min | 18:26 | 95 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:56 → 06:41 | 17:58 | 0 min | 17:59 | 92 min | 4 Oct |
| Suva | 06:56 → 08:41 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 94 min | 4 Oct |