Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1952

Thursday 28 August

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 385 minutes.

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30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 28 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 29 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 05:26 on Thu 28 Aug to 04:31 on Fri 29 Aug.

    1952-08-28T00:25:39Z → 1952-08-28T23:30:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 28th, 11:51–12:39 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 23125 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 1952: Thursday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 1952 falls on Thursday 28 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:26 on Thu 28 Aug to 04:31 on Fri 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1952/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 Aug
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:26 → 16:3112:3048 min12:290 min28 Aug
Chicago19:26 → 18:3112:2748 min12:270 min28 Aug
Jersey City20:26 → 19:3112:3348 min12:330 min28 Aug
Port of Spain20:26 → 19:3111:4348 min11:430 min28 Aug
London01:26 → 00:3112:3748 min12:370 min28 Aug
Durban02:26 → 01:3111:3348 min11:330 min28 Aug
Dubai04:26 → 03:3111:5648 min11:550 min28 Aug
Delhi05:56 → 05:0111:5848 min11:580 min28 Aug
Kolkata05:56 → 05:0111:1448 min11:130 min28 Aug
Singapore07:56 → 07:0112:1248 min12:120 min28 Aug
Sydney10:26 → 09:3111:3348 min11:320 min28 Aug
Suva12:26 → 11:3111:446 min11:430 min28 Aug
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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