Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2089

Sunday 11 September

Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

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 Sunday 11 September

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 12 September

Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:46:29
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 10:28 on Sun 11 Sep to 11:46 on Mon 12 Sep.

    2089-09-11T05:27:36Z → 2089-09-12T06:46:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 11th, 11:46–12:34 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 12 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Multan, 2089: Sunday 11 September.

    confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Rādhāṣṭamī 2089 falls on Sunday 11 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:28 on Sun 11 Sep to 11:46 on Mon 12 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 0 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 0 min 12 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2089/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 11 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 11 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 11 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:28 → 23:4612:2548 min12:250 min11 Sep
Chicago00:28 → 01:4612:2348 min12:230 min11 Sep
Jersey City01:28 → 02:4612:2948 min12:280 min11 Sep
Port of Spain01:28 → 02:4611:3948 min11:380 min11 Sep
London06:28 → 07:4612:3348 min12:320 min11 Sep
Durban07:28 → 08:4611:2948 min11:290 min11 Sep
Dubai09:28 → 10:4611:5148 min11:510 min11 Sep
Delhi10:58 → 12:1611:5448 min11:5323 min11 Sep
Kolkata10:58 → 12:1611:0948 min11:0948 min11 Sep
Singapore13:28 → 14:4612:370 min12:3748 min12 Sep
Sydney15:28 → 16:4611:280 min11:2848 min12 Sep
Suva17:28 → 18:4611:390 min11:3948 min12 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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