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Ruling · 2020 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Thursday 10 September2020 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 260 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 260 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 Wednesday 9 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:44 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:16
17:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:2019:44

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 10 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:43 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:16
17:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:43

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 23:36 on Wed 9 Sep to 01:05 on Fri 11 Sep.

    2020-09-09T20:36:14Z → 2020-09-10T22:05:18Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:44–19:16 on the 9th, 17:43–19:16 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 93 of 93 on the 10th.

    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 15584 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2020: Thursday 10 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2020 falls on Thursday 10 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:36 on Wed 9 Sep to 01:05 on Fri 11 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2020/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 10 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 10 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 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 9thCoveredSunset 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:36 → 15:0519:0792 min19:050 min9 Sep
Chicago15:36 → 17:0519:0990 min19:070 min9 Sep
Jersey City16:36 → 18:0519:1490 min19:130 min9 Sep
Port of Spain16:36 → 18:0518:1094 min18:090 min9 Sep
London21:36 → 23:0519:280 min19:2589 min10 Sep
Durban22:36 → 00:0517:450 min17:4698 min10 Sep
Dubai00:36 → 02:0518:290 min18:2893 min10 Sep
Delhi02:06 → 03:3518:330 min18:3292 min10 Sep
Kolkata02:06 → 03:3517:450 min17:4493 min10 Sep
Singapore04:36 → 06:0519:050 min19:0595 min10 Sep
Sydney06:36 → 08:0517:420 min17:4398 min10 Sep
Suva08:36 → 10:0518:000 min18:0097 min10 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