Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2059

Sunday 14 September

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 239 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 Sunday 14 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 15 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 07:41 on Sun 14 Sep to 07:37 on Mon 15 Sep.

    2059-09-14T12:41:07Z → 2059-09-15T12:36:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 14th, 11:39–12:27 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 14321 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Lima, 2059: Sunday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Rādhāṣṭamī 2059 falls on Sunday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:41 on Sun 14 Sep to 07:37 on Mon 15 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2059/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 Angeles05:41 → 05:3712:2448 min12:240 min14 Sep
Chicago07:41 → 07:3712:2248 min12:210 min14 Sep
Jersey City08:41 → 08:3712:2848 min12:270 min14 Sep
Port of Spain08:41 → 08:3711:3848 min11:370 min14 Sep
London13:41 → 13:3712:320 min12:3148 min15 Sep
Durban14:41 → 14:3711:280 min11:2748 min15 Sep
Dubai16:41 → 16:3711:500 min11:5048 min15 Sep
Delhi18:11 → 18:0711:530 min11:5248 min15 Sep
Kolkata18:11 → 18:0711:080 min11:0848 min15 Sep
Singapore20:41 → 20:3712:360 min12:3648 min15 Sep
Sydney22:41 → 22:3711:270 min11:2748 min15 Sep
Suva00:41 → 00:3711:380 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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