Midday of Tuesday 14 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
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1926
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 281 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 14 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 15 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:35 on Tue 14 Sep to 17:08 on Wed 15 Sep.
1926-09-14T16:34:38Z → 1926-09-15T16:07:45Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 14th, 11:39–12:27 on the 15th.
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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.
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 16871 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1926: Wednesday 15 September.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Rādhāṣṭamī 1926 falls on Wednesday 15 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:35 on Tue 14 Sep to 17:08 on Wed 15 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 15 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 15 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 15 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 14th | Covered | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:35 → 08:08 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 14 Sep |
| Chicago | 11:35 → 11:08 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 14 Sep |
| Jersey City | 12:35 → 12:08 | 12:28 | 41 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 14 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 12:35 → 12:08 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:37 | 30 min | 15 Sep |
| London | 17:35 → 17:08 | 12:32 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 15 Sep |
| Durban | 18:35 → 18:08 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 15 Sep |
| Dubai | 20:35 → 20:08 | 11:50 | 0 min | 11:50 | 48 min | 15 Sep |
| Delhi | 22:05 → 21:38 | 11:53 | 0 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 15 Sep |
| Kolkata | 22:05 → 21:38 | 11:08 | 0 min | 11:08 | 48 min | 15 Sep |
| Singapore | 23:35 → 23:08 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 15 Sep |
| Sydney | 02:35 → 02:08 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 15 Sep |
| Suva | 04:35 → 04:08 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 15 Sep |