Evening of Thursday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
18:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:31
18:2818:5219:1619:4020:0420:2820:52
0 of 99 minutes covered
Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 1939
Determinatein Xining, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 247 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Thursday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 99 minutes covered
Evening of Friday 6 October
Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.
99 of 99 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 02:10 on Fri 6 Oct to 00:37 on Sat 7 Oct.
1939-10-05T18:09:32Z → 1939-10-06T16:37:08Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:52–20:31 on the 5th, 18:51–20:30 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 99 of 99 on the 6th.
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 14849 s
Ruling
Jitāṣṭamī, Xining, 1939: Friday 6 October.
confidence: determinate
In Xining, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1939 falls on Friday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:10 on Fri 6 Oct to 00:37 on Sat 7 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 6 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 6 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 6 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Xining. | ||
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 | 10:10 → 08:37 | 17:32 | 98 min | 17:31 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:10 → 10:37 | 17:27 | 99 min | 17:25 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:10 → 11:37 | 17:33 | 99 min | 17:31 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:10 → 12:37 | 17:54 | 96 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| London | 19:10 → 17:37 | 18:31 | 62 min | 18:29 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 20:10 → 18:37 | 17:59 | 0 min | 17:59 | 38 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:10 → 20:37 | 18:02 | 0 min | 18:01 | 98 min | 6 Oct |
| Delhi | 23:40 → 22:07 | 18:03 | 0 min | 18:02 | 98 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 23:40 → 22:07 | 17:21 | 0 min | 17:20 | 97 min | 6 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:30 → 23:57 | 18:16 | 0 min | 18:16 | 95 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:10 → 02:37 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:00 | 91 min | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 06:10 → 04:37 | 18:04 | 0 min | 18:04 | 93 min | 6 Oct |