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Ruling · 2023 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Friday 6 October2023 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 551 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 551 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 5 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:17 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:54
16:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:5319:17

0 of 98 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 6 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:53
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

98 of 98 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 04:05 on Fri 6 Oct to 05:39 on Sat 7 Oct.

    2023-10-06T01:05:29Z → 2023-10-07T02:38:56Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:17–18:54 on the 5th, 17:16–18:53 on the 6th.

    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 98 minutes on the 5th and 98 of 98 on the 6th.

    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 33073 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2023: Friday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2023 falls on Friday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:05 on Fri 6 Oct to 05:39 on Sat 7 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2023/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 Oct
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 6thCoveredSunset 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:05 → 19:3918:3069 min18:290 min5 Oct
Chicago20:05 → 21:3918:24100 min18:220 min6 Oct
Jersey City21:05 → 22:3918:30100 min18:290 min6 Oct
Port of Spain21:05 → 22:3917:5396 min17:530 min6 Oct
London02:05 → 03:3918:27102 min18:250 min6 Oct
Durban03:05 → 04:3918:0092 min18:000 min6 Oct
Dubai05:05 → 06:3918:0198 min18:000 min6 Oct
Delhi06:35 → 08:0918:0298 min18:000 min6 Oct
Kolkata06:35 → 08:0917:2097 min17:190 min6 Oct
Singapore09:05 → 10:3918:5595 min18:550 min6 Oct
Sydney12:05 → 13:3919:0191 min19:020 min6 Oct
Suva13:05 → 14:3918:0493 min18:050 min6 Oct
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