Evening of Tuesday 2 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
17:43 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:21
17:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:43
0 of 97 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1923
Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 328 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Tuesday 2 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 97 minutes covered
Evening of Wednesday 3 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
97 of 97 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:49 on Wed 3 Oct to 01:59 on Thu 4 Oct.
1923-10-02T16:48:48Z → 1923-10-03T17:59:17Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:43–19:21 on the 2nd, 17:42–19:20 on the 3rd.
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 2nd and 97 of 97 on the 3rd.
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 19696 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Shaoxing, 1923: Wednesday 3 October.
confidence: determinate
In Shaoxing, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1923 falls on Wednesday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:49 on Wed 3 Oct to 01:59 on Thu 4 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 3 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 3 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 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 2nd | Covered | Sunset 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:49 → 09:59 | 17:37 | 98 min | 17:35 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:49 → 11:59 | 17:32 | 98 min | 17:30 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:49 → 12:59 | 17:38 | 98 min | 17:36 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:49 → 13:59 | 17:56 | 96 min | 17:56 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| London | 16:49 → 17:59 | 17:38 | 99 min | 17:36 | 23 min | 2 Oct |
| Durban | 18:49 → 19:59 | 17:57 | 41 min | 17:57 | 93 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:49 → 21:59 | 18:06 | 0 min | 18:05 | 97 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 22:19 → 23:29 | 18:07 | 0 min | 18:06 | 97 min | 3 Oct |
| Kolkata | 22:19 → 23:29 | 17:24 | 0 min | 17:23 | 97 min | 3 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:49 → 00:59 | 17:57 | 0 min | 17:57 | 95 min | 3 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:49 → 03:59 | 17:57 | 0 min | 17:58 | 92 min | 3 Oct |
| Suva | 04:49 → 05:59 | 18:03 | 0 min | 18:04 | 94 min | 3 Oct |