The 19-year-old, who was the Rookie of the Year in 2016 and also second on the Order of Merit, had five birdies against one lone bogey. The final round will be played on Saturday.
At 9-under, Aditi (69-68-68) is three shots behind the leader, Dutch golfer Anne Van Dam (70) who is now 12-under for 54 holes. Anne Van Damm shot 69-65 on first two days.
Aditi, who has three titles on the Ladies European Tour, has won in Qatar (in 2016) and in Abu Dhabi this year.
On the moving day, a number of players, including Dame Laura Davies, the recent Ricoh Womens British Open winner In-Kyung Kim and Charley Hull moved up onto an exciting bunched-up leaderboard, with just four shots separating the top 11.
Englands Hull, who finished runner-up to Chinas Shanshan Feng last year, and Indias Aditi, were tied for fourth on 9-under while Kim and Davies shot matching 66s to move into a six-way tie for sixth on eight under.
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