Evening of Monday 18 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
18:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:34
17:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00
0 of 94 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1916
Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 298 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Monday 18 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 94 minutes covered
Evening of Tuesday 19 September
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
94 of 94 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:32 on Tue 19 Sep to 02:45 on Wed 20 Sep.
1916-09-18T16:32:12Z → 1916-09-19T18:44:34Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:00–19:34 on the 18th, 17:59–19:33 on the 19th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 94 minutes on the 18th and 94 of 94 on the 19th.
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 17901 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Shaoxing, 1916: Tuesday 19 September.
confidence: determinate
In Shaoxing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1916 falls on Tuesday 19 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:32 on Tue 19 Sep to 02:45 on Wed 20 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 19 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 19 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 19 Sep |
| 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 18th | Covered | Sunset 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:32 → 10:45 | 17:55 | 94 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 18 Sep |
| Chicago | 10:32 → 12:45 | 17:55 | 93 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 18 Sep |
| Jersey City | 11:32 → 13:45 | 18:00 | 93 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 18 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 12:32 → 14:45 | 18:05 | 95 min | 18:04 | 0 min | 18 Sep |
| London | 17:32 → 19:45 | 19:09 | 92 min | 19:06 | 38 min | 18 Sep |
| Durban | 18:32 → 20:45 | 17:49 | 53 min | 17:50 | 96 min | 19 Sep |
| Dubai | 20:13 → 22:26 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:00 | 94 min | 19 Sep |
| Delhi | 22:02 → 00:15 | 18:23 | 0 min | 18:22 | 94 min | 19 Sep |
| Kolkata | 22:02 → 00:15 | 17:37 | 0 min | 17:36 | 94 min | 19 Sep |
| Singapore | 23:32 → 01:45 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:02 | 95 min | 19 Sep |
| Sydney | 02:32 → 04:45 | 17:48 | 0 min | 17:49 | 96 min | 19 Sep |
| Suva | 04:32 → 06:45 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:01 | 96 min | 19 Sep |