A simple, sensitive, precise, and stability-indicating high-performance thin-layer chromatographic method has been developed and validated for the quantitative determination of pitavastatin calcium (PTV) in a pharmaceutical dosage form in the presence of its degradation products. The stability of PTV was investigated under different stress conditions, including hydrolytic, oxidative, photolytic, and thermal, as recommended by the International Conference on Harmonization guidelines. PTV was separated on aluminum-backed silica gel 60 F 254 high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) plates as a stationary phase with ethyl acetate-methanol-toluene-glacial acetic acid (4:1:5:0.1, v=v=v=v) as a mobile phase. Regression analysis data for the calibration plots were indicative of good linear relationships between responses and concentration over the range 25-150 ng per band. The method was validated for linearity, precision, accuracy, robustness, specificity, and sensitivity. The drug was subjected to stress degradation and peaks of all the degradation products were well resolved from that of the pure drug, with significantly different R f value, which indicates the specificity and stability-indicating properties of the method. The kinetic determination was evaluated in acid conditions. The acid degradation of PTV showed an apparent first-order kinetics and rate constants were found to be 0.00202 mg=mL=min in 0.1 N HCl at 75 C.