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Ruling · 2022 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Saturday 17 September2022 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 211 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 211 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 Saturday 17 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:10
17:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:36

94 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 18 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:35 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:09
17:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:35

0 of 94 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 11:45 on Sat 17 Sep to 14:04 on Sun 18 Sep.

    2022-09-17T08:44:43Z → 2022-09-18T11:03:35Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:36–19:10 on the 17th, 17:35–19:09 on the 18th.

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

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 94 on the 18th.

    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 12667 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2022: Saturday 17 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2022 falls on Saturday 17 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:45 on Sat 17 Sep to 14:04 on Sun 18 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2022/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 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 17thCoveredSunset 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:45 → 04:0418:5694 min18:550 min17 Sep
Chicago03:45 → 06:0418:5693 min18:540 min17 Sep
Jersey City04:45 → 07:0419:0293 min19:000 min17 Sep
Port of Spain04:45 → 07:0418:0595 min18:040 min17 Sep
London09:45 → 12:0419:1092 min19:080 min17 Sep
Durban10:45 → 13:0417:4996 min17:500 min17 Sep
Dubai12:45 → 15:0418:2194 min18:200 min17 Sep
Delhi14:15 → 16:3418:2494 min18:230 min17 Sep
Kolkata14:15 → 16:3417:3894 min17:370 min17 Sep
Singapore16:45 → 19:0419:0295 min19:022 min17 Sep
Sydney18:45 → 21:0417:4839 min17:4896 min18 Sep
Suva20:45 → 23:0418:010 min18:0196 min18 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