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Ruling · 2009 · Melbourne

Rādhāṣṭamī

Thursday 27 August2009 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Determinatemargin 89 min

In Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 89 minutes.

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The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 28 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 09:06 on Thu 27 Aug to 10:28 on Fri 28 Aug.

    2009-08-26T23:06:03Z → 2009-08-28T00:28:17Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 27th, 11:58–12:46 on the 28th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5366 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Melbourne, 2009: Thursday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Melbourne, Rādhāṣṭamī 2009 falls on Thursday 27 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:06 on Thu 27 Aug to 10:28 on Fri 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/melbourne/festivals/2009/radhashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Melbourne.

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 clocks

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:06 → 17:2812:300 min12:300 min27 Aug
Chicago18:06 → 19:2812:280 min12:270 min27 Aug
Jersey City19:06 → 20:2812:340 min12:330 min27 Aug
Port of Spain19:06 → 20:2811:440 min11:430 min27 Aug
London00:06 → 01:2812:380 min12:370 min27 Aug
Durban01:06 → 02:2811:340 min11:330 min27 Aug
Dubai03:06 → 04:2811:560 min11:560 min27 Aug
Delhi04:36 → 05:5811:590 min11:580 min27 Aug
Kolkata04:36 → 05:5811:140 min11:140 min27 Aug
Singapore07:06 → 08:2812:420 min12:420 min27 Aug
Sydney09:06 → 10:2811:330 min11:330 min27 Aug
Suva11:06 → 12:2811:440 min11:4445 min27 Aug
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
radhashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s