Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1947

Monday 22 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 535 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 22 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:47  13:35 madhyāhna ends
11:5912:2312:4713:1113:3513:5914:23

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 23 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:47  13:35 madhyāhna ends
11:5912:2312:4713:1113:3513:5914:23

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 01:38 on Mon 22 Sep to 03:52 on Tue 23 Sep.

    1947-09-21T16:37:37Z → 1947-09-22T18:51:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:47–13:35 on the 22nd, 12:47–13:35 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 32094 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1947: Monday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rādhāṣṭamī 1947 falls on Monday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:38 on Mon 22 Sep to 03:52 on Tue 23 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 Sep
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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:38 → 10:5211:2248 min11:220 min21 Sep
Chicago11:38 → 13:5212:1948 min12:1948 min21 Sep
Jersey City12:38 → 14:5212:2536 min12:2548 min22 Sep
Port of Spain12:38 → 14:5211:350 min11:3548 min22 Sep
London17:38 → 19:5212:290 min12:2948 min22 Sep
Durban18:38 → 20:5211:250 min11:2548 min22 Sep
Dubai20:38 → 22:5211:480 min11:4848 min22 Sep
Delhi22:08 → 00:2211:500 min11:5048 min22 Sep
Kolkata22:08 → 00:2211:060 min11:0548 min22 Sep
Singapore00:08 → 02:2212:040 min12:0448 min22 Sep
Sydney02:38 → 04:5211:250 min11:2548 min22 Sep
Suva04:38 → 06:5211:360 min11:3648 min22 Sep
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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