Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1955

Saturday 24 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 412 minutes.

Decide it for

MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Friday 23 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 24 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 19:22 on Fri 23 Sep to 21:57 on Sat 24 Sep.

    1955-09-23T14:22:12Z → 1955-09-24T16:56:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 23rd, 11:42–12:30 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 24700 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 1955: Saturday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 1955 falls on Saturday 24 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:22 on Fri 23 Sep to 21:57 on Sat 24 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1955/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:22 → 09:5712:2148 min12:210 min23 Sep
Chicago09:22 → 11:5712:1948 min12:180 min23 Sep
Jersey City10:22 → 12:5712:2548 min12:2432 min23 Sep
Port of Spain10:22 → 12:5711:3548 min11:3448 min23 Sep
London15:22 → 17:5712:290 min12:2848 min24 Sep
Durban16:22 → 18:5711:250 min11:2448 min24 Sep
Dubai18:22 → 20:5711:470 min11:4748 min24 Sep
Delhi19:52 → 22:2711:500 min11:4948 min24 Sep
Kolkata19:52 → 22:2711:050 min11:0548 min24 Sep
Singapore21:52 → 00:2712:030 min12:0348 min24 Sep
Sydney00:22 → 02:5711:240 min11:2448 min24 Sep
Suva02:22 → 04:5711:350 min11:3548 min24 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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