Midday of Wednesday 21 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:43 12:31 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:34:05
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2061
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 21 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 22 September
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:34 on Wed 21 Sep to 13:53 on Thu 22 Sep.
2061-09-21T06:34:05Z → 2061-09-22T08:52:45Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 21st, 11:43–12:31 on the 22nd.
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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 531 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 2061: Wednesday 21 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 2061 falls on Wednesday 21 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:34 on Wed 21 Sep to 13:53 on Thu 22 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 21 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 21 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 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 21st | Covered | Madhyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:34 → 01:53 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Chicago | 01:34 → 03:53 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Jersey City | 02:34 → 04:53 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 02:34 → 04:53 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| London | 07:34 → 09:53 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Durban | 08:34 → 10:53 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:25 | 0 min | 21 Sep |
| Dubai | 10:34 → 12:53 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 21 Sep |
| Delhi | 12:04 → 14:23 | 11:50 | 34 min | 11:50 | 48 min | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 12:04 → 14:23 | 11:05 | 0 min | 11:05 | 48 min | 22 Sep |
| Singapore | 14:34 → 16:53 | 12:34 | 0 min | 12:33 | 48 min | 22 Sep |
| Sydney | 16:34 → 18:53 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 22 Sep |
| Suva | 18:34 → 20:53 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 22 Sep |