Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1926

Tuesday 14 September

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 15 s.

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 Tuesday 14 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:34:38
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 15 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:07:44
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 11:35 on Tue 14 Sep to 11:08 on Wed 15 Sep.

    1926-09-14T16:34:38Z → 1926-09-15T16:07:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 14th, 11:40–12:28 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 315 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Lima, 1926: Tuesday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Rādhāṣṭamī 1926 falls on Tuesday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:35 on Tue 14 Sep to 11:08 on Wed 15 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1926/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 Sep
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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:35 → 08:0811:2448 min11:240 min14 Sep
Chicago11:35 → 11:0812:2248 min12:220 min14 Sep
Jersey City12:35 → 12:0812:2841 min12:270 min14 Sep
Port of Spain12:35 → 12:0811:380 min11:3730 min15 Sep
London17:35 → 17:0812:320 min12:3148 min15 Sep
Durban18:35 → 18:0811:280 min11:2848 min15 Sep
Dubai20:35 → 20:0811:500 min11:5048 min15 Sep
Delhi22:05 → 21:3811:530 min11:5248 min15 Sep
Kolkata22:05 → 21:3811:080 min11:0848 min15 Sep
Singapore23:35 → 23:0811:360 min11:3648 min15 Sep
Sydney02:35 → 02:0811:270 min11:2748 min15 Sep
Suva04:35 → 04:0811:380 min11:3848 min15 Sep
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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