Midday of Friday 15 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:46 12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1972
Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 91 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 15 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 16 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 14:05 on Fri 15 Sep to 16:15 on Sat 16 Sep.
1972-09-15T06:05:07Z → 1972-09-16T08:14:33Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 15th, 11:46–12:34 on the 16th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5443 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Puning, 1972: Saturday 16 September.
confidence: determinate
In Puning, Rādhāṣṭamī 1972 falls on Saturday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:05 on Fri 15 Sep to 16:15 on Sat 16 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 16 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 16 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 16 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning. | ||
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 15th | Covered | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:05 → 01:15 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 15 Sep |
| Chicago | 01:05 → 03:15 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 15 Sep |
| Jersey City | 02:05 → 04:15 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 15 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 02:05 → 04:15 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 15 Sep |
| London | 07:05 → 09:15 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 15 Sep |
| Durban | 08:05 → 10:15 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 15 Sep |
| Dubai | 10:05 → 12:15 | 11:50 | 48 min | 11:49 | 25 min | 15 Sep |
| Delhi | 11:35 → 13:45 | 11:52 | 48 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 15 Sep |
| Kolkata | 11:35 → 13:45 | 11:08 | 20 min | 11:07 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Singapore | 13:35 → 15:45 | 12:06 | 0 min | 12:05 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Sydney | 16:05 → 18:15 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Suva | 18:05 → 20:15 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 16 Sep |