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Ruling · 2018 · Doha

Rādhāṣṭamī

Monday 17 September2018 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 92 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 92 minutes.

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The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 16 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:05  11:53 madhyāhna ends
10:1710:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:41

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 17 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:04  11:52 madhyāhna ends
10:1610:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:40

48 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 13:24 on Sun 16 Sep to 15:15 on Mon 17 Sep.

    2018-09-16T10:24:25Z → 2018-09-17T12:14:32Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:05–11:53 on the 16th, 11:04–11:52 on the 17th.

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

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 5509 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Doha, 2018: Monday 17 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Rādhāṣṭamī 2018 falls on Monday 17 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:24 on Sun 16 Sep to 15:15 on Mon 17 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2018/radhashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:24 → 05:1512:2348 min12:230 min16 Sep
Chicago05:24 → 07:1512:2148 min12:210 min16 Sep
Jersey City06:24 → 08:1512:2748 min12:260 min16 Sep
Port of Spain06:24 → 08:1511:3748 min11:360 min16 Sep
London11:24 → 13:1512:3148 min12:3044 min16 Sep
Durban12:24 → 14:1511:270 min11:2748 min17 Sep
Dubai14:24 → 16:1511:490 min11:4948 min17 Sep
Delhi15:54 → 17:4511:520 min11:5148 min17 Sep
Kolkata15:54 → 17:4511:070 min11:0748 min17 Sep
Singapore18:24 → 20:1512:360 min12:3548 min17 Sep
Sydney20:24 → 22:1511:260 min11:2648 min17 Sep
Suva22:24 → 00:1511:370 min11:3748 min17 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