Evening of Sunday 5 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
17:42 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:21
Aṣṭamī begins 18:27:05
17:1817:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:42
54 of 99 minutes covered, the last 54
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2042
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Sunday 5 October
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
54 of 99 minutes covered, the last 54
Evening of Monday 6 October
Qualifies with 13 of 99 minutes. Not taken.
13 of 99 minutes covered, the first 13
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:27 on Sun 5 Oct to 17:54 on Mon 6 Oct.
2042-10-05T14:57:06Z → 2042-10-06T14:23:32Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:42–19:21 on the 5th, 17:41–19:20 on the 6th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 54 of 99 minutes on the 5th and 13 of 99 on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 756 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Tehran, 2042: Sunday 5 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Tehran, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2042 falls on Sunday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:27 on Sun 5 Oct to 17:54 on Mon 6 Oct and covers 54 of 99 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 13 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 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 5th | Covered | Sunset 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:57 → 07:24 | 18:31 | 99 min | 18:30 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 09:57 → 09:24 | 18:25 | 100 min | 18:23 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 10:57 → 10:24 | 18:31 | 100 min | 18:30 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 10:57 → 10:24 | 17:54 | 96 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| London | 15:57 → 15:24 | 18:29 | 101 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 16:57 → 16:24 | 17:59 | 92 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Dubai | 18:57 → 18:24 | 18:01 | 42 min | 18:00 | 23 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 20:27 → 19:54 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:01 | 98 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 20:27 → 19:54 | 17:20 | 0 min | 17:19 | 97 min | 6 Oct |
| Singapore | 22:57 → 22:24 | 18:56 | 0 min | 18:55 | 95 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 01:57 → 01:24 | 19:00 | 0 min | 19:01 | 91 min | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 02:57 → 02:24 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:05 | 93 min | 6 Oct |