Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1902

Wednesday 24 September

Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 minutes.

Decide it for

ShaoxingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

30°00′ N 120°35′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1795855

The two evenings

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

Evening of Wednesday 24 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:53 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:28
17:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:2919:53

95 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 25 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:27
17:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:52

0 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 13:38 on Wed 24 Sep to 11:26 on Thu 25 Sep.

    1902-09-24T05:37:59Z → 1902-09-25T03:25:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:53–19:28 on the 24th, 17:52–19:27 on the 25th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 95 of 95 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 95 on the 25th.

    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 15314 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Shaoxing, 1902: Wednesday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Shaoxing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1902 falls on Wednesday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:38 on Wed 24 Sep to 11:26 on Thu 25 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/shaoxing/festivals/1902/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing.

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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:38 → 19:2617:4895 min17:460 min24 Sep
Chicago23:38 → 21:2617:4695 min17:440 min24 Sep
Jersey City00:38 → 22:2617:5195 min17:500 min24 Sep
Port of Spain01:38 → 23:2618:0195 min18:000 min24 Sep
London05:38 → 03:2617:5695 min17:540 min24 Sep
Durban07:08 → 04:5617:2295 min17:230 min24 Sep
Dubai09:19 → 07:0717:5595 min17:540 min24 Sep
Delhi10:59 → 08:4718:0795 min18:060 min24 Sep
Kolkata10:59 → 08:4717:2395 min17:220 min24 Sep
Singapore12:33 → 10:2117:5595 min17:550 min24 Sep
Sydney15:38 → 13:2617:5295 min17:520 min24 Sep
Suva17:33 → 15:2117:5795 min17:570 min24 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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