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Ruling · 2020 · Doha

Rādhāṣṭamī

Tuesday 25 August2020 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 79 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 79 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 Tuesday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 26 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:11  11:59 madhyāhna ends
10:2310:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:47

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 09:52 on Tue 25 Aug to 08:10 on Wed 26 Aug.

    2020-08-25T06:52:16Z → 2020-08-26T05:09:57Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:12–12:00 on the 25th, 11:11–11:59 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 4766 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Doha, 2020: Tuesday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Rādhāṣṭamī 2020 falls on Tuesday 25 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:52 on Tue 25 Aug to 08:10 on Wed 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2020/radhashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles23:52 → 22:1012:3148 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago01:52 → 00:1012:2848 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City02:52 → 01:1012:3448 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain02:52 → 01:1011:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London07:52 → 06:1012:3848 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban08:52 → 07:1011:3448 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai10:52 → 09:1011:5748 min11:560 min25 Aug
Delhi12:22 → 10:4011:5925 min11:590 min25 Aug
Kolkata12:22 → 10:4011:140 min11:140 min26 Aug
Singapore14:52 → 13:1012:430 min12:4228 min26 Aug
Sydney16:52 → 15:1011:330 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva18:52 → 17:1011:450 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