Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1914

Friday 28 August

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.

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 Thursday 27 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:54:22
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 28 August

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 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 12:54 on Thu 27 Aug to 10:55 on Fri 28 Aug.

    1914-08-27T17:54:23Z → 1914-08-28T15:55:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 27th, 11:45–12:33 on the 28th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: unstated → second-day · margin 1237 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Lima, 1914: Friday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Rādhāṣṭamī 1914 falls on Friday 28 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:54 on Thu 27 Aug to 10:55 on Fri 28 Aug, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1914/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:54 → 07:5511:3048 min11:300 min27 Aug
Chicago11:54 → 09:5511:2821 min11:280 min27 Aug
Jersey City12:54 → 10:5511:340 min11:330 min28 Aug
Port of Spain13:54 → 11:5511:440 min11:4312 min28 Aug
London17:54 → 15:5511:380 min11:3748 min28 Aug
Durban19:54 → 17:5511:340 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Dubai21:35 → 19:3611:370 min11:3748 min28 Aug
Delhi23:24 → 21:2511:590 min11:5848 min28 Aug
Kolkata23:24 → 21:2511:140 min11:1448 min28 Aug
Singapore00:54 → 22:5511:420 min11:4248 min28 Aug
Sydney03:54 → 01:5511:330 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Suva05:49 → 03:5011:390 min11:3948 min28 Aug
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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