Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1967

Tuesday 26 September

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 258 minutes.

Decide it for

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35°42′ N 51°25′ E · Asia/Tehran · GeoNames 112931

The two evenings

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

Evening of Tuesday 26 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:56 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:32
17:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:3219:56

96 of 96 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 27 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:55 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:31
17:3117:5518:1918:4319:0719:3119:55

0 of 96 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 12:39 on Tue 26 Sep to 13:37 on Wed 27 Sep.

    1967-09-26T09:09:20Z → 1967-09-27T10:06:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:56–19:32 on the 26th, 17:55–19:31 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 96 of 96 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 96 on the 27th.

    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 15499 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Tehran, 1967: Tuesday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1967 falls on Tuesday 26 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:39 on Tue 26 Sep to 13:37 on Wed 27 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/1967/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 26thCoveredSunset 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:09 → 03:0718:4596 min18:430 min26 Sep
Chicago04:09 → 05:0718:4296 min18:400 min26 Sep
Jersey City05:09 → 06:0718:4796 min18:460 min26 Sep
Port of Spain05:09 → 06:0718:0095 min17:590 min26 Sep
London10:09 → 11:0718:5196 min18:490 min26 Sep
Durban11:09 → 12:0717:5494 min17:540 min26 Sep
Dubai13:09 → 14:0718:1296 min18:110 min26 Sep
Delhi14:39 → 15:3718:1496 min18:130 min26 Sep
Kolkata14:39 → 15:3717:3096 min17:290 min26 Sep
Singapore16:39 → 17:3718:2995 min18:290 min26 Sep
Sydney19:09 → 20:0717:5318 min17:5494 min27 Sep
Suva21:09 → 22:0718:020 min18:0395 min27 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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