Midday of Thursday 26 August
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:52 12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2077
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 Thursday 26 August
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 27 August
Qualifies with 9 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
9 of 48 minutes covered, the first 9
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:52 on Thu 26 Aug to 12:01 on Fri 27 Aug.
2077-08-26T05:52:23Z → 2077-08-27T07:00:34Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 26th, 11:52–12:40 on the 27th.
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 26th and 9 of 48 on the 27th.
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 543 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 2077: Thursday 26 August.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 2077 falls on Thursday 26 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:52 on Thu 26 Aug to 12:01 on Fri 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 9 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 | Thu 26 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 26 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 26 Aug |
| 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 26th | Covered | Madhyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:52 → 00:01 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Chicago | 00:52 → 02:01 | 12:28 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Jersey City | 01:52 → 03:01 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 01:52 → 03:01 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| London | 06:52 → 08:01 | 12:38 | 48 min | 12:38 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Durban | 07:52 → 09:01 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Dubai | 09:52 → 11:01 | 11:57 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Delhi | 11:22 → 12:31 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 32 min | 26 Aug |
| Kolkata | 11:22 → 12:31 | 11:14 | 40 min | 11:14 | 48 min | 27 Aug |
| Singapore | 13:52 → 15:01 | 12:43 | 0 min | 12:42 | 48 min | 27 Aug |
| Sydney | 15:52 → 17:01 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 27 Aug |
| Suva | 17:52 → 19:01 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 27 Aug |