Midday of Sunday 30 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:55 12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2082
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 15 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 30 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 31 August
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 13:42 on Sun 30 Aug to 11:52 on Mon 31 Aug.
2082-08-30T05:41:39Z → 2082-08-31T03:52:11Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: unstated → second-day · margin 135 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2082: Monday 31 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Rādhāṣṭamī 2082 falls on Monday 31 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:42 on Sun 30 Aug to 11:52 on Mon 31 Aug, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 2 min 15 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 31 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 31 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 31 Aug |
| 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 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:42 → 20:52 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Chicago | 00:42 → 22:52 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Jersey City | 01:42 → 23:52 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 01:42 → 23:52 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| London | 06:42 → 04:52 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Durban | 07:42 → 05:52 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Dubai | 09:42 → 07:52 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:55 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Delhi | 11:12 → 09:22 | 11:58 | 48 min | 11:57 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Kolkata | 11:12 → 09:22 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Singapore | 13:42 → 11:52 | 12:42 | 0 min | 12:41 | 0 min | 31 Aug |
| Sydney | 15:42 → 13:52 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Suva | 17:42 → 15:52 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 31 Aug |