Evening of Saturday 30 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
17:50 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:27
17:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:50
0 of 97 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1961
Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 571 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Saturday 30 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 97 minutes covered
Evening of Sunday 1 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
98 of 98 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 04:58 on Sun 1 Oct to 06:32 on Mon 2 Oct.
1961-10-01T01:28:09Z → 1961-10-02T03:01:50Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:50–19:27 on the 30th, 17:49–19:26 on the 1st.
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 30th and 98 of 98 on the 1st.
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 34257 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Tehran, 1961: Sunday 1 October.
confidence: determinate
In Tehran, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1961 falls on Sunday 1 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:58 on Sun 1 Oct to 06:32 on Mon 2 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 1 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 1 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 1 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 1st | Covered | Sunset 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:28 → 19:02 | 17:37 | 85 min | 17:36 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| Chicago | 20:28 → 22:02 | 18:32 | 98 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 21:28 → 23:02 | 18:38 | 98 min | 18:37 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 21:28 → 23:02 | 17:56 | 96 min | 17:56 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| London | 02:28 → 04:02 | 18:39 | 99 min | 18:36 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 03:28 → 05:02 | 17:57 | 93 min | 17:57 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 05:28 → 07:02 | 18:06 | 97 min | 18:05 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 06:58 → 08:32 | 18:07 | 97 min | 18:06 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 06:58 → 08:32 | 17:24 | 97 min | 17:23 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 08:58 → 10:32 | 18:27 | 95 min | 18:27 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Sydney | 11:28 → 13:02 | 17:57 | 93 min | 17:58 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Suva | 13:28 → 15:02 | 18:03 | 94 min | 18:04 | 0 min | 1 Oct |