Midday of Sunday 7 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:29 12:17 madhyāhna ends
10:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:05
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2008
Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 371 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 7 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 8 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 02:52 on Sun 7 Sep to 05:17 on Mon 8 Sep.
2008-09-07T00:51:47Z → 2008-09-08T03:17:13Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:29–12:17 on the 7th, 11:28–12:16 on the 8th.
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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 22267 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Cairo, 2008: Sunday 7 September.
confidence: determinate
In Cairo, Rādhāṣṭamī 2008 falls on Sunday 7 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:52 on Sun 7 Sep to 05:17 on Mon 8 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 7 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 7 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 7 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:52 → 20:17 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Chicago | 19:52 → 22:17 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Jersey City | 20:52 → 23:17 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 20:52 → 23:17 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| London | 01:52 → 04:17 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Durban | 02:52 → 05:17 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Dubai | 04:52 → 07:17 | 11:53 | 48 min | 11:52 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Delhi | 06:22 → 08:47 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Kolkata | 06:22 → 08:47 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Singapore | 08:52 → 11:17 | 12:39 | 48 min | 12:38 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Sydney | 10:52 → 13:17 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Suva | 12:52 → 15:17 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 8 Sep |