Evening of Sunday 3 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
17:45 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:24
17:2117:4518:0918:3318:5719:2119:45
98 of 98 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2083
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 12 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Sunday 3 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
98 of 98 minutes covered
Evening of Monday 4 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 99 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 15:29 on Sun 3 Oct to 17:42 on Mon 4 Oct.
2083-10-03T11:58:31Z → 2083-10-04T14:11:41Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:45–19:24 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 98 of 98 minutes on the 3rd and 0 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 132 s < 300 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Tehran, 2083: Sunday 3 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Tehran, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2083 falls on Sunday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:29 on Sun 3 Oct to 17:42 on Mon 4 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It is 2 min 12 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 3 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 3 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 3 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 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:59 → 07:12 | 18:34 | 98 min | 18:33 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Chicago | 06:59 → 09:12 | 18:28 | 99 min | 18:27 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Jersey City | 07:59 → 10:12 | 18:35 | 99 min | 18:33 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 07:59 → 10:12 | 17:55 | 96 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| London | 12:59 → 15:12 | 18:33 | 100 min | 18:31 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Durban | 13:59 → 16:12 | 17:58 | 92 min | 17:59 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 15:59 → 18:12 | 18:04 | 97 min | 18:03 | 9 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 17:29 → 19:42 | 18:05 | 98 min | 18:04 | 98 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 17:29 → 19:42 | 17:22 | 91 min | 17:21 | 97 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 19:59 → 22:12 | 18:57 | 33 min | 18:56 | 95 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 22:59 → 01:12 | 18:59 | 0 min | 19:00 | 92 min | 4 Oct |
| Suva | 23:59 → 02:12 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 94 min | 4 Oct |