Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1941

Friday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 44 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 29 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:10:42
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 30 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 12:11 on Fri 29 Aug to 09:59 on Sat 30 Aug.

    1941-08-29T03:10:42Z → 1941-08-30T00:58:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:55–13:43 on the 29th, 12:55–13:43 on the 30th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 2650 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1941: Friday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rādhāṣṭamī 1941 falls on Friday 29 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:11 on Fri 29 Aug to 09:59 on Sat 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 29 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/radhashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 8 Durvastami (purvaviddha — S 8 of saura Bhadra except Bengal), Mahalaksmi vratarambha, Radhastami (madhyahna vyapini)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:11 → 16:5911:3048 min11:290 min29 Aug
Chicago22:11 → 19:5912:2748 min12:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City23:11 → 20:5912:3348 min12:330 min29 Aug
Port of Spain23:11 → 20:5911:4348 min11:430 min29 Aug
London04:11 → 01:5912:3748 min12:370 min29 Aug
Durban05:11 → 02:5911:3348 min11:330 min29 Aug
Dubai07:11 → 04:5911:5648 min11:550 min29 Aug
Delhi08:41 → 06:2911:5848 min11:580 min29 Aug
Kolkata08:41 → 06:2911:1348 min11:130 min29 Aug
Singapore10:31 → 08:1912:0248 min12:010 min29 Aug
Sydney13:11 → 10:5911:320 min11:320 min30 Aug
Suva15:11 → 12:5911:440 min11:4348 min30 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
radhashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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