Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1968

Saturday 14 September

Determinatein Thāne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 211 minutes.

Decide it for

ThāneDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

19°12′ N 72°58′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1254661

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Saturday 14 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

18:41 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:15
18:1718:4119:0519:2919:5320:1720:41

94 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 15 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:41 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:15
18:1718:4119:0519:2919:5320:1720:41

0 of 94 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 12:49 on Sat 14 Sep to 15:10 on Sun 15 Sep.

    1968-09-14T07:18:55Z → 1968-09-15T09:39:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:41–20:15 on the 14th, 18:41–20:15 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 94 on the 15th.

    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 12656 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Thāne, 1968: Saturday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Thāne, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1968 falls on Saturday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:49 on Sat 14 Sep to 15:10 on Sun 15 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/thane/festivals/1968/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 14 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Thāne.

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 14thCoveredSunset 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:19 → 02:4019:0093 min18:590 min14 Sep
Chicago02:19 → 04:4019:0192 min18:590 min14 Sep
Jersey City03:19 → 05:4019:0692 min19:050 min14 Sep
Port of Spain03:19 → 05:4018:0795 min18:060 min14 Sep
London08:19 → 10:4019:1790 min19:150 min14 Sep
Durban09:19 → 11:4017:4797 min17:480 min14 Sep
Dubai11:19 → 13:4018:2493 min18:230 min14 Sep
Delhi12:49 → 15:1018:2793 min18:260 min14 Sep
Kolkata12:49 → 15:1017:4194 min17:400 min14 Sep
Singapore14:49 → 17:1018:3495 min18:330 min14 Sep
Sydney17:19 → 19:4017:4597 min17:4697 min14 Sep
Suva19:19 → 21:4018:0118 min18:0196 min15 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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