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Ruling · 2039 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Saturday 10 September2039 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 491 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 491 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 Friday 9 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:45 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:17
17:2117:4518:0918:3318:5719:2119:45

0 of 92 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 10 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

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 03:28 on Sat 10 Sep to 06:04 on Sun 11 Sep.

    2039-09-10T00:27:58Z → 2039-09-11T03:03:30Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:45–19:17 on the 9th, 17:44–19:16 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 92 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 29455 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2039: Saturday 10 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2039 falls on Saturday 10 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:28 on Sat 10 Sep to 06:04 on Sun 11 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2039/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 10 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 10 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 10thCoveredSunset 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:28 → 20:0419:0657 min19:050 min9 Sep
Chicago19:28 → 22:0419:0990 min19:070 min10 Sep
Jersey City20:28 → 23:0419:1491 min19:120 min10 Sep
Port of Spain20:28 → 23:0418:1094 min18:090 min10 Sep
London01:28 → 04:0419:2788 min19:240 min10 Sep
Durban02:28 → 05:0417:4598 min17:460 min10 Sep
Dubai04:28 → 07:0418:2893 min18:270 min10 Sep
Delhi05:58 → 08:3418:3292 min18:310 min10 Sep
Kolkata05:58 → 08:3417:4593 min17:440 min10 Sep
Singapore08:28 → 11:0419:0595 min19:050 min10 Sep
Sydney10:28 → 13:0417:4398 min17:430 min10 Sep
Suva12:28 → 15:0418:0097 min18:000 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