Midday of Wednesday 15 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:09 11:57 madhyāhna ends
10:2110:4511:0911:3311:5712:2112:45
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1915
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 410 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 15 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 16 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:57 on Wed 15 Sep to 18:47 on Thu 16 Sep.
1915-09-15T20:27:29Z → 1915-09-16T18:16:43Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:09–11:57 on the 15th, 11:08–11:56 on the 16th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24625 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1915: Thursday 16 September.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Rādhāṣṭamī 1915 falls on Thursday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:57 on Wed 15 Sep to 18:47 on Thu 16 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 16 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 16 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 16 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda. | ||
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 15th | Covered | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:27 → 10:17 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 16 Sep |
| Chicago | 14:27 → 12:17 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Jersey City | 15:27 → 13:17 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 16:27 → 14:17 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| London | 20:27 → 18:17 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Durban | 22:27 → 20:17 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Dubai | 00:08 → 21:58 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Delhi | 01:57 → 23:47 | 11:52 | 0 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Kolkata | 01:57 → 23:47 | 11:08 | 0 min | 11:08 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Singapore | 03:27 → 01:17 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Sydney | 06:27 → 04:17 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Suva | 08:22 → 06:12 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 16 Sep |