Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2083

Sunday 19 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 30 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 Saturday 18 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 13:01:56
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 19 September

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 10:57:09
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

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 13:02 on Sat 18 Sep to 10:57 on Sun 19 Sep.

    2083-09-18T08:01:57Z → 2083-09-19T05:57:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 18th, 11:44–12:32 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: unstated → second-day · margin 1779 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 2083: Sunday 19 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 2083 falls on Sunday 19 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:02 on Sat 18 Sep to 10:57 on Sun 19 Sep, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2083/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 18 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:02 → 22:5712:2348 min12:230 min18 Sep
Chicago03:02 → 00:5712:2148 min12:200 min18 Sep
Jersey City04:02 → 01:5712:2648 min12:260 min18 Sep
Port of Spain04:02 → 01:5711:3648 min11:360 min18 Sep
London09:02 → 06:5712:3048 min12:300 min18 Sep
Durban10:02 → 07:5711:2648 min11:260 min18 Sep
Dubai12:02 → 09:5711:4935 min11:490 min18 Sep
Delhi13:32 → 11:2711:510 min11:510 min19 Sep
Kolkata13:32 → 11:2711:070 min11:0621 min19 Sep
Singapore16:02 → 13:5712:350 min12:3548 min19 Sep
Sydney18:02 → 15:5711:260 min11:2648 min19 Sep
Suva20:02 → 17:5711:370 min11:3748 min19 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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