Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2097

Friday 13 September

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 466 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 12 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 13 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

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 20:15 on Thu 12 Sep to 22:37 on Fri 13 Sep.

    2097-09-13T01:14:33Z → 2097-09-14T03:36:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 12th, 11:40–12:28 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 27960 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Lima, 2097: Friday 13 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Rādhāṣṭamī 2097 falls on Friday 13 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:15 on Thu 12 Sep to 22:37 on Fri 13 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2097/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:15 → 20:3712:2548 min12:240 min13 Sep
Chicago20:15 → 22:3712:2248 min12:220 min13 Sep
Jersey City21:15 → 23:3712:2848 min12:280 min13 Sep
Port of Spain21:15 → 23:3711:3848 min11:380 min13 Sep
London02:15 → 04:3712:3248 min12:320 min13 Sep
Durban03:15 → 05:3711:2848 min11:280 min13 Sep
Dubai05:15 → 07:3711:5148 min11:500 min13 Sep
Delhi06:45 → 09:0711:5348 min11:530 min13 Sep
Kolkata06:45 → 09:0711:0948 min11:080 min13 Sep
Singapore09:15 → 11:3712:3748 min12:360 min13 Sep
Sydney11:15 → 13:3711:2848 min11:2748 min13 Sep
Suva13:15 → 15:3711:390 min11:3848 min14 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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