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Ruling · 2001 · Doha

Rādhāṣṭamī

Saturday 25 August2001 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 11 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.

Decide it forDohaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City25°17′ N 51°32′ E · Asia/Qatar · GeoNames 290030

The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:12  12:00 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:00:45
10:2410:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:48

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 26 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:12  12:00 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:00:52
10:2410:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:48

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 11:01 on Sat 25 Aug to 11:01 on Sun 26 Aug.

    2001-08-25T08:00:46Z → 2001-08-26T08:00:53Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:12–12:00 on the 25th, 11:12–12:00 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 638 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Doha, 2001: Saturday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Rādhāṣṭamī 2001 falls on Saturday 25 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:01 on Sat 25 Aug to 11:01 on Sun 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2001/radhashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 Aug
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:01 → 01:0112:3148 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago03:01 → 03:0112:2848 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City04:01 → 04:0112:3448 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain04:01 → 04:0111:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London09:01 → 09:0112:3848 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban10:01 → 10:0111:3448 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai12:01 → 12:0111:5744 min11:564 min25 Aug
Delhi13:31 → 13:3111:590 min11:5948 min26 Aug
Kolkata13:31 → 13:3111:150 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore16:01 → 16:0112:430 min12:4248 min26 Aug
Sydney18:01 → 18:0111:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva20:01 → 20:0111:450 min11:4448 min26 Aug
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