Evening of Thursday 3 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
17:41 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:19
Aṣṭamī begins 17:43:17
17:1717:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:41
96 of 97 minutes covered, the last 96
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1912
Boundaryin Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 51 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Thursday 3 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
96 of 97 minutes covered, the last 96
Evening of Friday 4 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 98 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:43 on Thu 3 Oct to 15:47 on Fri 4 Oct.
1912-10-03T09:43:17Z → 1912-10-04T07:47:04Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:41–19:19 on the 3rd, 17:40–19:18 on the 4th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 96 of 97 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 98 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 111 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Shaoxing, 1912: Thursday 3 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Shaoxing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1912 falls on Thursday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:43 on Thu 3 Oct to 15:47 on Fri 4 Oct and covers 96 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It is 1 min 51 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing. | ||
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 | 01:43 → 23:47 | 17:34 | 98 min | 17:33 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:43 → 01:47 | 17:29 | 99 min | 17:27 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:43 → 02:47 | 17:35 | 99 min | 17:34 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:43 → 03:47 | 17:55 | 96 min | 17:55 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| London | 09:43 → 07:47 | 17:34 | 100 min | 17:32 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Durban | 11:43 → 09:47 | 17:58 | 93 min | 17:58 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:24 → 11:28 | 17:45 | 97 min | 17:44 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:13 → 13:17 | 18:05 | 97 min | 18:04 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:13 → 13:17 | 17:23 | 97 min | 17:22 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Singapore | 16:43 → 14:47 | 17:56 | 95 min | 17:56 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Sydney | 19:43 → 17:47 | 17:58 | 0 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Suva | 21:38 → 19:42 | 17:59 | 0 min | 17:59 | 94 min | 4 Oct |