Jitāṣṭamī

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 16:27 on Tue 29 Sep to 19:01 on Wed 30 Sep.

   2048-09-29T13:27:25Z → 2048-09-30T16:00:46Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:22–18:59 on the 29th, 17:21–18:58 on the 30th.

   pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
3. ३Step 3, Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 29th and 97 of 97 on the 30th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
4. ४Step 4, Tie-break

   Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 181 s < 300 s
5. ५Step 5, Ruling

   Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2048: Wednesday 30 September.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2048 falls on Wednesday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:27 on Tue 29 Sep to 19:01 on Wed 30 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 97 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled. It is 3 min 01 s from a threshold. The rule does not settle this date cleanly.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

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.