Midday of Wednesday 22 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:13 13:01 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:42:35
11:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:2513:49
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1909
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 49 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 22 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 23 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:43 on Wed 22 Sep to 12:08 on Thu 23 Sep.
1909-09-22T06:12:35Z → 1909-09-23T06:37:38Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:13–13:01 on the 22nd, 12:12–13:00 on the 23rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.
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 289 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 1909: Wednesday 22 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 1909 falls on Wednesday 22 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:43 on Wed 22 Sep to 12:08 on Thu 23 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 49 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 22 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 22 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 22 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:13 → 22:38 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Chicago | 00:13 → 00:38 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Jersey City | 01:13 → 01:38 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 02:13 → 02:38 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| London | 06:13 → 06:38 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Durban | 08:13 → 08:38 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:25 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Dubai | 09:54 → 10:19 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Delhi | 11:43 → 12:08 | 11:50 | 48 min | 11:49 | 18 min | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 11:43 → 12:08 | 11:05 | 11 min | 11:05 | 48 min | 23 Sep |
| Singapore | 13:13 → 13:38 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 23 Sep |
| Sydney | 16:13 → 16:38 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 23 Sep |
| Suva | 18:08 → 18:33 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 23 Sep |