Midday of Saturday 6 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:25 12:13 madhyāhna ends
10:3711:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:01
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1913
Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 405 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 6 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 7 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:24 on Sat 6 Sep to 18:57 on Sun 7 Sep.
1913-09-07T01:24:29Z → 1913-09-08T00:56:46Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:25–12:13 on the 6th, 11:24–12:12 on the 7th.
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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
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 24270 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Chicago, 1913: Sunday 7 September.
confidence: determinate
In Chicago, Rādhāṣṭamī 1913 falls on Sunday 7 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:24 on Sat 6 Sep to 18:57 on Sun 7 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 Chicago. | ||
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 | 17:24 → 16:57 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Chicago | 19:24 → 18:57 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Jersey City | 20:24 → 19:57 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 21:24 → 20:57 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| London | 01:24 → 00:57 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Durban | 03:24 → 02:57 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Dubai | 05:05 → 04:38 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Delhi | 06:54 → 06:27 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:55 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Kolkata | 06:54 → 06:27 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Singapore | 08:24 → 07:57 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Sydney | 11:24 → 10:57 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 7 Sep |
| Suva | 13:19 → 12:52 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 8 Sep |