Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2062

Sunday 10 September

Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. 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 Sunday 10 September

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

madhyāhna begins 11:13  12:01 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:08:24
10:2510:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:49

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 11 September

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:12  12:00 madhyāhna ends
10:2410:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:48

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 11:08 on Sun 10 Sep to 12:59 on Mon 11 Sep.

    2062-09-10T03:08:25Z → 2062-09-11T04:59:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:13–12:01 on the 10th, 11:12–12:00 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 259 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2062: Sunday 10 September.

    confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rādhāṣṭamī 2062 falls on Sunday 10 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:08 on Sun 10 Sep to 12:59 on Mon 11 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 19 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2062/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 10 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 10 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 Sep
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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:08 → 21:5912:2648 min12:250 min10 Sep
Chicago22:08 → 23:5912:2348 min12:230 min10 Sep
Jersey City23:08 → 00:5912:2948 min12:290 min10 Sep
Port of Spain23:08 → 00:5911:3948 min11:390 min10 Sep
London04:08 → 05:5912:3348 min12:330 min10 Sep
Durban05:08 → 06:5911:2948 min11:290 min10 Sep
Dubai07:08 → 08:5911:5248 min11:510 min10 Sep
Delhi08:38 → 10:2911:5448 min11:540 min10 Sep
Kolkata08:38 → 10:2911:1048 min11:090 min10 Sep
Singapore11:08 → 12:5912:3848 min12:3722 min10 Sep
Sydney13:08 → 14:5911:290 min11:2848 min11 Sep
Suva15:08 → 16:5911:400 min11:3948 min11 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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