Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1973

Tuesday 4 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 133 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 4 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 5 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 07:13 on Tue 4 Sep to 09:36 on Wed 5 Sep.

    1973-09-04T02:13:13Z → 1973-09-05T04:35:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 4th, 11:49–12:37 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 7979 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 1973: Tuesday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 1973 falls on Tuesday 4 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:13 on Tue 4 Sep to 09:36 on Wed 5 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1973/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 4 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:13 → 21:3612:2848 min12:270 min4 Sep
Chicago21:13 → 23:3612:2548 min12:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City22:13 → 00:3612:3148 min12:310 min4 Sep
Port of Spain22:13 → 00:3611:4148 min11:410 min4 Sep
London03:13 → 05:3612:3548 min12:350 min4 Sep
Durban04:13 → 06:3611:3148 min11:310 min4 Sep
Dubai06:13 → 08:3611:5448 min11:530 min4 Sep
Delhi07:43 → 10:0611:5648 min11:560 min4 Sep
Kolkata07:43 → 10:0611:1148 min11:110 min4 Sep
Singapore09:43 → 12:0612:1048 min12:090 min4 Sep
Sydney12:13 → 14:3611:315 min11:3048 min5 Sep
Suva14:13 → 16:3611:420 min11:4148 min5 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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