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Ruling · 2017 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Wednesday 13 September2017 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 65 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 65 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 Tuesday 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

Evening of Wednesday 13 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

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 22:32 on Tue 12 Sep to 20:18 on Wed 13 Sep.

    2017-09-12T19:31:57Z → 2017-09-13T17:18:15Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:41–19:14 on the 12th, 17:40–19:13 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 93 of 93 on the 13th.

    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 3904 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2017: Wednesday 13 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2017 falls on Wednesday 13 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:32 on Tue 12 Sep to 20:18 on Wed 13 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2017/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 13 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 12thCoveredSunset 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:32 → 10:1819:0392 min19:020 min12 Sep
Chicago14:32 → 12:1819:0491 min19:030 min12 Sep
Jersey City15:32 → 13:1819:1091 min19:080 min12 Sep
Port of Spain15:32 → 13:1818:0894 min18:080 min12 Sep
London20:32 → 18:1819:2119 min19:190 min12 Sep
Durban21:32 → 19:1817:470 min17:4791 min13 Sep
Dubai23:32 → 21:1818:260 min18:2593 min13 Sep
Delhi01:02 → 22:4818:300 min18:2893 min13 Sep
Kolkata01:02 → 22:4817:430 min17:4294 min13 Sep
Singapore03:32 → 01:1819:040 min19:0495 min13 Sep
Sydney05:32 → 03:1817:440 min17:4598 min13 Sep
Suva07:32 → 05:1818:000 min18:0196 min13 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