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Ruling · 2006 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Thursday 14 September2006 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 417 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 417 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 Wednesday 13 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:40 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:40

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 14 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:39 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:39

93 of 93 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 02:32 on Thu 14 Sep to 02:10 on Fri 15 Sep.

    2006-09-13T23:32:01Z → 2006-09-14T23:09:44Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:40–19:13 on the 13th, 17:39–19:13 on the 14th.

    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 93 minutes on the 13th and 93 of 93 on the 14th.

    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 25029 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2006: Thursday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2006 falls on Thursday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:32 on Thu 14 Sep to 02:10 on Fri 15 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2006/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 Sep
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 13thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:32 → 16:1019:0292 min19:010 min13 Sep
Chicago18:32 → 18:1019:0392 min19:020 min13 Sep
Jersey City19:32 → 19:1019:0968 min19:073 min13 Sep
Port of Spain19:32 → 19:1018:0810 min18:0763 min14 Sep
London00:32 → 00:1019:200 min19:1790 min14 Sep
Durban01:32 → 01:1017:470 min17:4797 min14 Sep
Dubai03:32 → 03:1018:250 min18:2493 min14 Sep
Delhi05:02 → 04:4018:290 min18:2893 min14 Sep
Kolkata05:02 → 04:4017:420 min17:4194 min14 Sep
Singapore07:32 → 07:1019:040 min19:0495 min14 Sep
Sydney09:32 → 09:1017:450 min17:4597 min14 Sep
Suva11:32 → 11:1018:010 min18:0196 min14 Sep
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