Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2028

Sunday 27 August

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 422 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 26 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:30  12:18 madhyāhna ends
10:4211:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:06

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:30  12:18 madhyāhna ends
10:4211:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:06

48 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 20:03 on Sat 26 Aug to 19:20 on Sun 27 Aug.

    2028-08-26T14:03:08Z → 2028-08-27T13:19:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:30–12:18 on the 26th, 11:30–12:18 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 25311 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2028: Sunday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Rādhāṣṭamī 2028 falls on Sunday 27 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:03 on Sat 26 Aug to 19:20 on Sun 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2028/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:03 → 06:2012:3048 min12:300 min26 Aug
Chicago09:03 → 08:2012:2848 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City10:03 → 09:2012:3448 min12:330 min26 Aug
Port of Spain10:03 → 09:2011:4448 min11:430 min26 Aug
London15:03 → 14:2012:380 min12:3748 min27 Aug
Durban16:03 → 15:2011:340 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Dubai18:03 → 17:2011:560 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi19:33 → 18:5011:590 min11:5848 min27 Aug
Kolkata19:33 → 18:5011:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore22:03 → 21:2012:420 min12:4248 min27 Aug
Sydney00:03 → 23:2011:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva02:03 → 01:2011:440 min11:4448 min27 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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