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Ruling · 2012 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Monday 8 October2012 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 163 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 163 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 7 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

0 of 98 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 8 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:13 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:51
16:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:13

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 21:36 on Sun 7 Oct to 23:22 on Mon 8 Oct.

    2012-10-07T18:35:32Z → 2012-10-08T20:21:30Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:14–18:52 on the 7th, 17:13–18:51 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 98 of 98 on the 8th.

    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 9809 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2012: Monday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2012 falls on Monday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:36 on Sun 7 Oct to 23:22 on Mon 8 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2012/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 7thCoveredSunset 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:36 → 13:2218:2899 min18:270 min7 Oct
Chicago13:36 → 15:2218:21101 min18:190 min7 Oct
Jersey City14:36 → 16:2218:28100 min18:260 min7 Oct
Port of Spain14:36 → 16:2217:5296 min17:520 min7 Oct
London19:36 → 21:2218:2431 min18:21103 min8 Oct
Durban20:36 → 22:2218:010 min18:0191 min8 Oct
Dubai22:36 → 00:2217:590 min17:5898 min8 Oct
Delhi00:06 → 01:5218:000 min17:5999 min8 Oct
Kolkata00:06 → 01:5217:180 min17:1798 min8 Oct
Singapore02:36 → 04:2218:550 min18:5595 min8 Oct
Sydney05:36 → 07:2219:020 min19:0391 min8 Oct
Suva06:36 → 08:2218:050 min18:0593 min8 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