Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2015

Monday 21 September

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 569 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 20 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 21 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

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 21:54 on Sun 20 Sep to 21:53 on Mon 21 Sep.

    2015-09-20T20:53:34Z → 2015-09-21T20:53:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 20th, 11:36–12:24 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 34127 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Luanda, 2015: Monday 21 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Rādhāṣṭamī 2015 falls on Monday 21 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:54 on Sun 20 Sep to 21:53 on Mon 21 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/2015/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 21 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 21 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:54 → 13:5312:220 min12:2248 min21 Sep
Chicago15:54 → 15:5312:200 min12:1948 min21 Sep
Jersey City16:54 → 16:5312:250 min12:2548 min21 Sep
Port of Spain16:54 → 16:5311:350 min11:3548 min21 Sep
London21:54 → 21:5312:300 min12:2948 min21 Sep
Durban22:54 → 22:5311:260 min11:2548 min21 Sep
Dubai00:54 → 00:5311:480 min11:4848 min21 Sep
Delhi02:24 → 02:2311:500 min11:5048 min21 Sep
Kolkata02:24 → 02:2311:060 min11:0648 min21 Sep
Singapore04:54 → 04:5312:340 min12:3448 min21 Sep
Sydney06:54 → 06:5311:250 min11:2548 min21 Sep
Suva08:54 → 08:5311:360 min11:3648 min21 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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