Midday of Saturday 30 August
Qualifies with 16 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:45 12:33 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:17:07
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21
16 of 48 minutes covered, the last 16
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2025
Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 30 August
Qualifies with 16 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
16 of 48 minutes covered, the last 16
Midday of Sunday 31 August
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:17 on Sat 30 Aug to 14:28 on Sun 31 Aug.
2025-08-30T17:17:08Z → 2025-08-31T19:28:14Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 30th, 11:44–12:32 on the 31st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 16 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 934 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Lima, 2025: Sunday 31 August.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Lima, Rādhāṣṭamī 2025 falls on Sunday 31 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:17 on Sat 30 Aug to 14:28 on Sun 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 16 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 31 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 31 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 31 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/radhashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:17 → 12:28 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Chicago | 12:17 → 14:28 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Jersey City | 13:17 → 15:28 | 12:32 | 3 min | 12:32 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 13:17 → 15:28 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| London | 18:17 → 20:28 | 12:37 | 0 min | 12:36 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Durban | 19:17 → 21:28 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Dubai | 21:17 → 23:28 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Delhi | 22:47 → 00:58 | 11:57 | 0 min | 11:57 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Kolkata | 22:47 → 00:58 | 11:13 | 0 min | 11:13 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Singapore | 01:17 → 03:28 | 12:41 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Sydney | 03:17 → 05:28 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Suva | 05:17 → 07:28 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 31 Aug |