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Ruling · 2028 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Monday 11 September2028 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 120 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 120 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 Monday 11 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:42 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:15
17:1817:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:42

93 of 93 minutes covered

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

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 15:40 on Mon 11 Sep to 15:40 on Tue 12 Sep.

    2028-09-11T12:40:24Z → 2028-09-12T12:40:22Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:42–19:15 on the 11th, 17:41–19:14 on the 12th.

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

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 93 of 93 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 93 on the 12th.

    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 7214 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2028: Monday 11 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2028 falls on Monday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:40 on Mon 11 Sep to 15:40 on Tue 12 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2028/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 11 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 11 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 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 11thCoveredSunset 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:40 → 05:4019:0492 min19:020 min11 Sep
Chicago07:40 → 07:4019:0691 min19:040 min11 Sep
Jersey City08:40 → 08:4019:1191 min19:090 min11 Sep
Port of Spain08:40 → 08:4018:0994 min18:080 min11 Sep
London13:40 → 13:4019:2389 min19:210 min11 Sep
Durban14:40 → 14:4017:4698 min17:470 min11 Sep
Dubai16:40 → 16:4018:2793 min18:250 min11 Sep
Delhi18:10 → 18:1018:3093 min18:290 min11 Sep
Kolkata18:10 → 18:1017:4366 min17:4228 min11 Sep
Singapore20:40 → 20:4019:050 min19:0495 min12 Sep
Sydney22:40 → 22:4017:440 min17:4598 min12 Sep
Suva00:40 → 00:4018:000 min18:0196 min12 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