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Ruling · 2016 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Friday 23 September2016 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 307 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 307 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 Thursday 22 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:30 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:05
17:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

0 of 95 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 23 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:29 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
17:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

95 of 95 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 01:49 on Fri 23 Sep to 00:11 on Sat 24 Sep.

    2016-09-22T22:49:05Z → 2016-09-23T21:10:59Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:30–19:05 on the 22nd, 17:29–19:04 on the 23rd.

    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 95 minutes on the 22nd and 95 of 95 on the 23rd.

    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 18416 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2016: Friday 23 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2016 falls on Friday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:49 on Fri 23 Sep to 00:11 on Sat 24 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2016/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 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 22ndCoveredSunset 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:49 → 14:1118:4995 min18:470 min22 Sep
Chicago17:49 → 16:1118:4795 min18:450 min22 Sep
Jersey City18:49 → 17:1118:5295 min18:510 min22 Sep
Port of Spain18:49 → 17:1118:0248 min18:010 min22 Sep
London23:49 → 22:1118:580 min18:5595 min23 Sep
Durban00:49 → 23:1117:520 min17:5395 min23 Sep
Dubai02:49 → 01:1118:150 min18:1495 min23 Sep
Delhi04:19 → 02:4118:170 min18:1695 min23 Sep
Kolkata04:19 → 02:4117:330 min17:3295 min23 Sep
Singapore06:49 → 05:1119:000 min19:0095 min23 Sep
Sydney08:49 → 07:1117:510 min17:5295 min23 Sep
Suva10:49 → 09:1118:020 min18:0295 min23 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