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Ruling · 2052 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Sunday 15 September2052 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 342 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 342 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 15 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:37 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:11
17:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:37

94 of 94 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 16 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:10
17:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:36

0 of 94 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 11:55 on Sun 15 Sep to 09:44 on Mon 16 Sep.

    2052-09-15T08:55:11Z → 2052-09-16T06:43:51Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:37–19:11 on the 15th, 17:36–19:10 on the 16th.

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

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 94 of 94 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 94 on the 16th.

    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 20523 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2052: Sunday 15 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2052 falls on Sunday 15 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:55 on Sun 15 Sep to 09:44 on Mon 16 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2052/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 15 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 15 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 15 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 15thCoveredSunset 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:55 → 23:4418:5893 min18:570 min15 Sep
Chicago03:55 → 01:4418:5893 min18:570 min15 Sep
Jersey City04:55 → 02:4419:0493 min19:020 min15 Sep
Port of Spain04:55 → 02:4418:0695 min18:050 min15 Sep
London09:55 → 07:4419:1391 min19:110 min15 Sep
Durban10:55 → 08:4417:4997 min17:490 min15 Sep
Dubai12:55 → 10:4418:2294 min18:210 min15 Sep
Delhi14:25 → 12:1418:2594 min18:240 min15 Sep
Kolkata14:25 → 12:1417:3994 min17:380 min15 Sep
Singapore16:55 → 14:4419:0395 min19:030 min15 Sep
Sydney18:55 → 16:4417:4728 min17:470 min15 Sep
Suva20:55 → 18:4418:010 min18:0143 min16 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