Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1930

Saturday 30 August

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 267 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 31 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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 06:46 on Sat 30 Aug to 07:18 on Sun 31 Aug.

    1930-08-30T11:46:01Z → 1930-08-31T12:17:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 30th, 11:45–12:33 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 16007 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Lima, 1930: Saturday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Rādhāṣṭamī 1930 falls on Saturday 30 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:46 on Sat 30 Aug to 07:18 on Sun 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1930/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 30 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:46 → 04:1811:2948 min11:290 min30 Aug
Chicago06:46 → 07:1812:2748 min12:270 min30 Aug
Jersey City07:46 → 08:1812:3348 min12:320 min30 Aug
Port of Spain07:46 → 08:1811:4348 min11:420 min30 Aug
London12:46 → 13:1812:3739 min12:3641 min31 Aug
Durban13:46 → 14:1811:330 min11:3348 min31 Aug
Dubai15:46 → 16:1811:550 min11:5548 min31 Aug
Delhi17:16 → 17:4811:580 min11:5748 min31 Aug
Kolkata17:16 → 17:4811:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore18:46 → 19:1811:410 min11:4148 min31 Aug
Sydney21:46 → 22:1811:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva23:46 → 00:1811:430 min11:4348 min31 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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