Jitāṣṭamī

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 17:04 on Thu 25 Sep to 19:28 on Fri 26 Sep.

   1986-09-25T14:04:14Z → 1986-09-26T16:27:48Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:27–19:03 on the 25th, 17:26–19:02 on the 26th.

   pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
3. ३Step 3, Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 96 of 96 minutes on the 25th and 96 of 96 on the 26th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
4. ४Step 4, Tie-break

   Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1388 s
5. ५Step 5, Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 1986: Friday 26 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 1986 falls on Friday 26 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:04 on Thu 25 Sep to 19:28 on Fri 26 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 96 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled. The rule does not settle this date cleanly.

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

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.