Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1905

Wednesday 6 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 467 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 5 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:17  12:05 madhyāhna ends
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 6 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

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 21:30 on Tue 5 Sep to 19:51 on Wed 6 Sep.

    1905-09-05T17:02:12Z → 1905-09-06T15:22:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:17–12:05 on the 5th, 11:16–12:04 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 27993 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 1905: Wednesday 6 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 1905 falls on Wednesday 6 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:30 on Tue 5 Sep to 19:51 on Wed 6 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1905/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:02 → 07:2311:2748 min11:270 min5 Sep
Chicago11:02 → 09:2311:2548 min11:250 min5 Sep
Jersey City12:02 → 10:2311:3116 min11:300 min5 Sep
Port of Spain13:02 → 11:2311:410 min11:400 min6 Sep
London17:02 → 15:2311:350 min11:3448 min6 Sep
Durban19:02 → 17:2311:310 min11:3148 min6 Sep
Dubai20:43 → 19:0411:340 min11:3448 min6 Sep
Delhi22:23 → 20:4411:470 min11:4648 min6 Sep
Kolkata22:23 → 20:4411:020 min11:0248 min6 Sep
Singapore00:02 → 22:2311:390 min11:3948 min6 Sep
Sydney03:02 → 01:2311:300 min11:3048 min6 Sep
Suva04:57 → 03:1811:360 min11:3648 min6 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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