Evening of Thursday 3 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
17:45 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:23
17:2117:4518:0918:3318:5719:2119:45
0 of 98 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1996
Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 433 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Thursday 3 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 98 minutes covered
Evening of Friday 4 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
99 of 99 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 02:36 on Fri 4 Oct to 04:39 on Sat 5 Oct.
1996-10-03T23:05:48Z → 1996-10-05T01:08:59Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:45–19:23 on the 3rd, 17:44–19:22 on the 4th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 98 minutes on the 3rd and 99 of 99 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 25957 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Tehran, 1996: Friday 4 October.
confidence: determinate
In Tehran, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1996 falls on Friday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:36 on Fri 4 Oct to 04:39 on Sat 5 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 4 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 4 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 4 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 3rd | Covered | Sunset 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:06 → 18:09 | 18:34 | 98 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Chicago | 18:06 → 20:09 | 18:28 | 99 min | 18:25 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 19:06 → 21:09 | 18:34 | 67 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:06 → 21:09 | 17:55 | 25 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 00:06 → 02:09 | 18:33 | 0 min | 18:28 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 01:06 → 03:09 | 17:58 | 0 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:06 → 05:09 | 18:03 | 0 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 04:36 → 06:39 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:02 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 04:36 → 06:39 | 17:22 | 0 min | 17:20 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 07:06 → 09:09 | 18:56 | 0 min | 18:56 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 09:06 → 11:09 | 17:59 | 0 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Suva | 11:06 → 13:09 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 0 min | 4 Oct |