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Ruling · 2055 · Doha

Jitāṣṭamī

Jitiya

Tuesday 14 September2055 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 36 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 36 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 13 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:40 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:40

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 14 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:39 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:39

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 19:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 20:29 on Tue 14 Sep.

    2055-09-13T16:49:53Z → 2055-09-14T17:29:12Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:40–19:13 on the 13th, 17:39–19:13 on the 14th.

    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 93 minutes on the 13th and 93 of 93 on the 14th.

    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 2184 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Doha, 2055: Tuesday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2055 falls on Tuesday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 20:29 on Tue 14 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2055/jitashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 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 13thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:50 → 10:2919:0293 min19:010 min13 Sep
Chicago11:50 → 12:2919:0392 min19:010 min13 Sep
Jersey City12:50 → 13:2919:0892 min19:070 min13 Sep
Port of Spain12:50 → 13:2918:0894 min18:070 min13 Sep
London17:50 → 18:2919:2090 min19:170 min13 Sep
Durban18:50 → 19:2917:4734 min17:4897 min14 Sep
Dubai20:50 → 21:2918:250 min18:2493 min14 Sep
Delhi22:20 → 22:5918:290 min18:2793 min14 Sep
Kolkata22:20 → 22:5917:420 min17:4194 min14 Sep
Singapore00:50 → 01:2919:040 min19:0495 min14 Sep
Sydney02:50 → 03:2917:450 min17:4697 min14 Sep
Suva04:50 → 05:2918:010 min18:0196 min14 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