Midday of Saturday 30 August
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:32 13:20 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 13:17:07
11:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:08
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2025
Boundaryin Queens, 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 Saturday 30 August
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Midday of Sunday 31 August
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 13:17 on Sat 30 Aug to 15:28 on Sun 31 Aug.
2025-08-30T17:17:08Z → 2025-08-31T19:28:14Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:32–13:20 on the 30th, 12:31–13:19 on the 31st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.
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 143 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Queens, 2025: Sunday 31 August.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Queens, Rādhāṣṭamī 2025 falls on Sunday 31 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:17 on Sat 30 Aug to 15:28 on Sun 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 2 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 2 min 23 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 31 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 31 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 31 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens. | ||
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 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:17 → 12:28 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Chicago | 12:17 → 14:28 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Jersey City | 13:17 → 15:28 | 12:32 | 3 min | 12:32 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 13:17 → 15:28 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| London | 18:17 → 20:28 | 12:37 | 0 min | 12:36 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Durban | 19:17 → 21:28 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Dubai | 21:17 → 23:28 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Delhi | 22:47 → 00:58 | 11:57 | 0 min | 11:57 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Kolkata | 22:47 → 00:58 | 11:13 | 0 min | 11:13 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Singapore | 01:17 → 03:28 | 12:41 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Sydney | 03:17 → 05:28 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Suva | 05:17 → 07:28 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 31 Aug |