Evening of Wednesday 5 October
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.
17:42 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:21
Aṣṭamī begins 19:31:01
17:1817:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:42
0 of 99 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2061
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Aṣṭamī reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Wednesday 5 October
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 99 minutes covered
Evening of Thursday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 99 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:31 on Wed 5 Oct to 17:29 on Thu 6 Oct.
2061-10-05T16:01:02Z → 2061-10-06T13:59:09Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:42–19:21 on the 5th, 17:40–19:20 on the 6th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 99 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 99 on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 614 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Tehran, 2061: Wednesday 5 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Tehran, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2061 falls on Wednesday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:31 on Wed 5 Oct to 17:29 on Thu 6 Oct, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 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 | 09:01 → 06:59 | 18:31 | 99 min | 18:29 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:01 → 08:59 | 18:24 | 100 min | 18:23 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:01 → 09:59 | 18:31 | 100 min | 18:29 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:01 → 09:59 | 17:54 | 96 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| London | 17:01 → 14:59 | 18:28 | 102 min | 18:26 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 18:01 → 15:59 | 18:00 | 90 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:01 → 17:59 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:00 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:31 → 19:29 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:01 | 88 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:31 → 19:29 | 17:20 | 0 min | 17:19 | 98 min | 6 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:01 → 21:59 | 18:56 | 0 min | 18:55 | 95 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:01 → 00:59 | 19:01 | 0 min | 19:02 | 91 min | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 04:01 → 01:59 | 18:05 | 0 min | 18:05 | 93 min | 6 Oct |