Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1940

Sunday 8 September

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 153 minutes.

Decide it for

8°50′ S 13°14′ E · Africa/Luanda · GeoNames 2240449

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 8 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 9 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 09:08 on Sun 8 Sep to 08:05 on Mon 9 Sep.

    1940-09-08T08:07:37Z → 1940-09-09T07:04:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 8th, 11:40–12:28 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 9190 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1940: Sunday 8 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Rādhāṣṭamī 1940 falls on Sunday 8 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:08 on Sun 8 Sep to 08:05 on Mon 9 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/1940/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 8 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda.

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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:08 → 23:0511:2648 min11:260 min8 Sep
Chicago03:08 → 02:0512:2448 min12:230 min8 Sep
Jersey City04:08 → 03:0512:3048 min12:290 min8 Sep
Port of Spain04:08 → 03:0511:4048 min11:390 min8 Sep
London09:08 → 08:0512:3448 min12:330 min8 Sep
Durban10:08 → 09:0511:3048 min11:290 min8 Sep
Dubai12:08 → 11:0511:5233 min11:520 min8 Sep
Delhi13:38 → 12:3511:550 min11:5440 min9 Sep
Kolkata13:38 → 12:3511:100 min11:1048 min9 Sep
Singapore15:28 → 14:2511:580 min11:5848 min9 Sep
Sydney18:08 → 17:0511:290 min11:2948 min9 Sep
Suva20:08 → 19:0511:400 min11:4048 min9 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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