Jitāṣṭamī

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 16:36 on Mon 15 Sep to 17:44 on Tue 16 Sep.

   2014-09-15T13:35:34Z → 2014-09-16T14:44:09Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:38–19:12 on the 15th, 17:37–19:11 on the 16th.

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

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 15th and 7 of 94 on the 16th.

   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 434 s
5. ५Step 5, Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2014: Monday 15 September.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2014 falls on Monday 15 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:36 on Mon 15 Sep to 17:44 on Tue 16 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 7 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.