Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2064

Wednesday 17 September

Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 12 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 17 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:23  12:11 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:18:45
10:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:59

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 18 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:23  12:11 madhyāhna ends
10:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:59

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 11:19 on Wed 17 Sep to 10:24 on Thu 18 Sep.

    2064-09-17T05:18:45Z → 2064-09-18T04:24:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:23–12:11 on the 17th, 11:23–12:11 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 252 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2064: Wednesday 17 September.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Rādhāṣṭamī 2064 falls on Wednesday 17 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:19 on Wed 17 Sep to 10:24 on Thu 18 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 12 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2064/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 17 Sep
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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:19 → 21:2412:2348 min12:230 min17 Sep
Chicago00:19 → 23:2412:2148 min12:200 min17 Sep
Jersey City01:19 → 00:2412:2648 min12:260 min17 Sep
Port of Spain01:19 → 00:2411:3648 min11:360 min17 Sep
London06:19 → 05:2412:3048 min12:300 min17 Sep
Durban07:19 → 06:2411:2648 min11:260 min17 Sep
Dubai09:19 → 08:2411:4948 min11:490 min17 Sep
Delhi10:49 → 09:5411:5148 min11:510 min17 Sep
Kolkata10:49 → 09:5411:0748 min11:060 min17 Sep
Singapore13:19 → 12:2412:354 min12:350 min17 Sep
Sydney15:19 → 14:2411:260 min11:2648 min18 Sep
Suva17:19 → 16:2411:370 min11:3748 min18 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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