Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2044

Tuesday 30 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 296 minutes.

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 Tuesday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 31 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

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 04:25 on Tue 30 Aug to 06:20 on Wed 31 Aug.

    2044-08-29T20:24:35Z → 2044-08-30T22:19:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:16–12:04 on the 30th, 11:16–12:04 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 17772 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2044: Tuesday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rādhāṣṭamī 2044 falls on Tuesday 30 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:25 on Tue 30 Aug to 06:20 on Wed 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2044/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 30 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:25 → 15:2012:290 min12:2948 min30 Aug
Chicago15:25 → 17:2012:270 min12:2748 min30 Aug
Jersey City16:25 → 18:2012:330 min12:3248 min30 Aug
Port of Spain16:25 → 18:2011:430 min11:4248 min30 Aug
London21:25 → 23:2012:370 min12:3648 min30 Aug
Durban22:25 → 00:2011:330 min11:3348 min30 Aug
Dubai00:25 → 02:2011:550 min11:5548 min30 Aug
Delhi01:55 → 03:5011:580 min11:5748 min30 Aug
Kolkata01:55 → 03:5011:130 min11:1348 min30 Aug
Singapore04:25 → 06:2012:410 min12:4148 min30 Aug
Sydney06:25 → 08:2011:320 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva08:25 → 10:2011:430 min11:4348 min30 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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