Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2072

Monday 19 September

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

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 18 September

Qualifies with 21 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:25  13:13 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:52:13
11:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:01

21 of 48 minutes covered, the last 21

Midday of Monday 19 September

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

madhyāhna begins 12:25  13:13 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 13:18:33
11:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:01

48 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 12:52 on Sun 18 Sep to 13:19 on Mon 19 Sep.

    2072-09-18T16:52:13Z → 2072-09-19T17:18:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:25–13:13 on the 18th, 12:25–13:13 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 21 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 357 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Queens, 2072: Monday 19 September.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Queens, Rādhāṣṭamī 2072 falls on Monday 19 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:52 on Sun 18 Sep to 13:19 on Mon 19 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 21 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/2072/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 19 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 19 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 19 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens.

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 Angeles09:52 → 10:1912:2348 min12:220 min18 Sep
Chicago11:52 → 12:1912:2048 min12:200 min18 Sep
Jersey City12:52 → 13:1912:2622 min12:2648 min19 Sep
Port of Spain12:52 → 13:1911:360 min11:3648 min19 Sep
London17:52 → 18:1912:300 min12:3048 min19 Sep
Durban18:52 → 19:1911:260 min11:2648 min19 Sep
Dubai20:52 → 21:1911:490 min11:4848 min19 Sep
Delhi22:22 → 22:4911:510 min11:5148 min19 Sep
Kolkata22:22 → 22:4911:070 min11:0648 min19 Sep
Singapore00:52 → 01:1912:350 min12:3448 min19 Sep
Sydney02:52 → 03:1911:260 min11:2548 min19 Sep
Suva04:52 → 05:1911:370 min11:3648 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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