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Ruling · 2009 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Friday 11 September2009 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 23 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 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 Friday 11 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:42 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:15
Aṣṭamī begins 18:05:05
17:1817:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:42

70 of 93 minutes covered, the last 70

Evening of Saturday 12 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:41 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:14
17:1717:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:41

0 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 18:05 on Fri 11 Sep to 16:21 on Sat 12 Sep.

    2009-09-11T15:05:05Z → 2009-09-12T13:20:51Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:42–19:15 on the 11th, 17:41–19:14 on the 12th.

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

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 70 of 93 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 93 on the 12th.

    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 1378 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2009: Friday 11 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2009 falls on Friday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:05 on Fri 11 Sep to 16:21 on Sat 12 Sep and covers 70 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2009/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 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 11thCoveredSunset 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:05 → 06:2119:0492 min19:030 min11 Sep
Chicago10:05 → 08:2119:0691 min19:050 min11 Sep
Jersey City11:05 → 09:2119:1191 min19:100 min11 Sep
Port of Spain11:05 → 09:2118:0994 min18:080 min11 Sep
London16:05 → 14:2119:2489 min19:210 min11 Sep
Durban17:05 → 15:2117:4698 min17:470 min11 Sep
Dubai19:05 → 17:2118:2755 min18:260 min11 Sep
Delhi20:35 → 18:5118:310 min18:3021 min12 Sep
Kolkata20:35 → 18:5117:440 min17:4368 min12 Sep
Singapore23:05 → 21:2119:050 min19:0495 min12 Sep
Sydney01:05 → 23:2117:440 min17:4498 min12 Sep
Suva03:05 → 01:2118:000 min18:0097 min12 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