Midday of Monday 23 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:46 12:34 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:35:58
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2069
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 23 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 24 September
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:36 on Mon 23 Sep to 13:02 on Tue 24 Sep.
2069-09-23T03:35:59Z → 2069-09-24T05:01:36Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 23rd, 11:46–12:34 on the 24th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 619 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2069: Monday 23 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Rādhāṣṭamī 2069 falls on Monday 23 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:36 on Mon 23 Sep to 13:02 on Tue 24 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 23 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 23 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 24 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/radhashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:36 → 22:02 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Chicago | 22:36 → 00:02 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Jersey City | 23:36 → 01:02 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 23:36 → 01:02 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| London | 04:36 → 06:02 | 12:28 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Durban | 05:36 → 07:02 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Dubai | 07:36 → 09:02 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Delhi | 09:06 → 10:32 | 11:49 | 48 min | 11:49 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Kolkata | 09:06 → 10:32 | 11:05 | 48 min | 11:04 | 0 min | 23 Sep |
| Singapore | 11:36 → 13:02 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 29 min | 23 Sep |
| Sydney | 13:36 → 15:02 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 24 Sep |
| Suva | 15:36 → 17:02 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 24 Sep |