October 1985 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseBhādrapada Kṛṣṇa to Āśvina KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Ruling · 1985 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Monday 7 October1985 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 33 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 33 minutes.

Decide it forDohaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City25°17′ N 51°32′ E · Asia/Qatar · GeoNames 290030

The two evenings प्रदोष

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Sunday 6 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:53
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

0 of 98 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 7 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:52
16:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14

98 of 98 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 19:26 on Sun 6 Oct to 20:31 on Mon 7 Oct.

    1985-10-06T16:25:51Z → 1985-10-07T17:31:07Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:15–18:53 on the 6th, 17:14–18:52 on the 7th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 98 minutes on the 6th and 98 of 98 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 1956 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 1985: Monday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1985 falls on Monday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:26 on Sun 6 Oct to 20:31 on Mon 7 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/1985/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlaceAṣṭamīSunset 6thCoveredSunset 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:26 → 10:3118:3099 min18:290 min6 Oct
Chicago11:26 → 12:3118:23100 min18:220 min6 Oct
Jersey City12:26 → 13:3118:30100 min18:280 min6 Oct
Port of Spain12:26 → 13:3117:5396 min17:530 min6 Oct
London17:26 → 18:3118:27102 min18:256 min6 Oct
Durban18:26 → 19:3118:0066 min18:0091 min7 Oct
Dubai20:26 → 21:3118:000 min17:5998 min7 Oct
Delhi21:56 → 23:0118:010 min18:0098 min7 Oct
Kolkata21:56 → 23:0117:190 min17:1898 min7 Oct
Singapore00:26 → 01:3118:550 min18:5595 min7 Oct
Sydney02:26 → 03:3118:010 min18:0291 min7 Oct
Suva04:26 → 05:3118:040 min18:0593 min7 Oct
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
jitashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s