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Ruling · 2004 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Wednesday 6 October2004 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 304 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 304 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 Tuesday 5 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:54
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

0 of 98 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 6 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

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 23:58 on Tue 5 Oct to 02:24 on Thu 7 Oct.

    2004-10-05T20:57:49Z → 2004-10-06T23:23:50Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–18:54 on the 5th, 17:15–18:53 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 98 of 98 on the 6th.

    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 18243 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2004: Wednesday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2004 falls on Wednesday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:58 on Tue 5 Oct to 02:24 on Thu 7 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2004/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 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 5thCoveredSunset 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:58 → 16:2418:3199 min18:290 min5 Oct
Chicago15:58 → 18:2418:24100 min18:231 min5 Oct
Jersey City16:58 → 19:2418:31100 min18:2955 min5 Oct
Port of Spain16:58 → 19:2417:5496 min17:5391 min5 Oct
London21:58 → 00:2418:280 min18:26102 min6 Oct
Durban22:58 → 01:2417:590 min18:0092 min6 Oct
Dubai00:58 → 03:2418:010 min18:0098 min6 Oct
Delhi02:28 → 04:5418:020 min18:0198 min6 Oct
Kolkata02:28 → 04:5417:200 min17:1997 min6 Oct
Singapore04:58 → 07:2418:560 min18:5595 min6 Oct
Sydney06:58 → 09:2418:010 min18:0191 min6 Oct
Suva08:58 → 11:2418:040 min18:0593 min6 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