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Ruling · 2029 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Sunday 30 September2029 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 297 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 297 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 Sunday 30 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:21 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:58
16:5717:2117:4518:0918:3318:5719:21

97 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 1 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:20 sunsetpradoṣa ends 18:57
16:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:20

0 of 97 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 11:19 on Sun 30 Sep to 12:23 on Mon 1 Oct.

    2029-09-30T08:19:13Z → 2029-10-01T09:23:10Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:21–18:58 on the 30th, 17:20–18:57 on the 1st.

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

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 97 on the 1st.

    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 17831 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2029: Sunday 30 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2029 falls on Sunday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:19 on Sun 30 Sep to 12:23 on Mon 1 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2029/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 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 30thCoveredSunset 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:19 → 02:2318:3897 min18:360 min30 Sep
Chicago03:19 → 04:2318:3398 min18:310 min30 Sep
Jersey City04:19 → 05:2318:3998 min18:380 min30 Sep
Port of Spain04:19 → 05:2317:5796 min17:560 min30 Sep
London09:19 → 10:2318:4099 min18:370 min30 Sep
Durban10:19 → 11:2317:5693 min17:570 min30 Sep
Dubai12:19 → 13:2318:0697 min18:050 min30 Sep
Delhi13:49 → 14:5318:0897 min18:070 min30 Sep
Kolkata13:49 → 14:5317:2596 min17:240 min30 Sep
Singapore16:19 → 17:2318:5795 min18:570 min30 Sep
Sydney18:19 → 19:2317:5770 min17:5886 min1 Oct
Suva20:19 → 21:2318:030 min18:0494 min1 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