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Ruling · 1996 · Doha

Rādhāṣṭamī

Friday 20 September1996 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 470 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 470 minutes.

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The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 20 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:03  11:51 madhyāhna ends
10:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:39

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 21 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:03  11:51 madhyāhna ends
10:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:39

0 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 03:13 on Fri 20 Sep to 01:26 on Sat 21 Sep.

    1996-09-20T00:12:34Z → 1996-09-20T22:25:54Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:03–11:51 on the 20th, 11:03–11:51 on the 21st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 28228 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Doha, 1996: Friday 20 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Rādhāṣṭamī 1996 falls on Friday 20 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:13 on Fri 20 Sep to 01:26 on Sat 21 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/1996/radhashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:13 → 15:2612:2248 min12:220 min20 Sep
Chicago19:13 → 17:2612:1948 min12:190 min20 Sep
Jersey City20:13 → 18:2612:2548 min12:250 min20 Sep
Port of Spain20:13 → 18:2611:3548 min11:350 min20 Sep
London01:13 → 23:2612:2948 min12:290 min20 Sep
Durban02:13 → 00:2611:2548 min11:250 min20 Sep
Dubai04:13 → 02:2611:4848 min11:480 min20 Sep
Delhi05:43 → 03:5611:5048 min11:500 min20 Sep
Kolkata05:43 → 03:5611:0648 min11:050 min20 Sep
Singapore08:13 → 06:2612:3448 min12:340 min20 Sep
Sydney10:13 → 08:2611:2548 min11:250 min20 Sep
Suva12:13 → 10:2611:3611 min11:360 min20 Sep
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
radhashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s