Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2095

Tuesday 20 September

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 589 minutes.

Decide it for

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 20 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:04

94 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 21 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:37
17:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:03

0 of 95 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 08:15 on Tue 20 Sep to 07:30 on Wed 21 Sep.

    2095-09-20T04:45:02Z → 2095-09-21T03:59:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:04–19:39 on the 20th, 18:03–19:37 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 95 on the 21st.

    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 35348 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Tehran, 2095: Tuesday 20 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2095 falls on Tuesday 20 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:15 on Tue 20 Sep to 07:30 on Wed 21 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2095/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 20 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 20 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 20 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 20thCoveredSunset 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:45 → 21:0018:5295 min18:510 min20 Sep
Chicago23:45 → 23:0018:5194 min18:490 min20 Sep
Jersey City00:45 → 00:0018:5694 min18:550 min20 Sep
Port of Spain00:45 → 00:0018:0395 min18:030 min20 Sep
London05:45 → 05:0019:0394 min19:010 min20 Sep
Durban06:45 → 06:0017:5195 min17:520 min20 Sep
Dubai08:45 → 08:0018:1795 min18:160 min20 Sep
Delhi10:15 → 09:3018:2095 min18:190 min20 Sep
Kolkata10:15 → 09:3017:3595 min17:340 min20 Sep
Singapore12:45 → 12:0019:0295 min19:010 min20 Sep
Sydney14:45 → 14:0017:5096 min17:510 min20 Sep
Suva16:45 → 16:0018:0295 min18:020 min20 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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