Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2074

Wednesday 29 August

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 347 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 28 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:32  13:20 madhyāhna ends
11:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:08

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 29 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:32  13:20 madhyāhna ends
11:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:08

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 21:20 on Tue 28 Aug to 19:07 on Wed 29 Aug.

    2074-08-29T01:20:23Z → 2074-08-29T23:06:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:32–13:20 on the 28th, 12:32–13:20 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 20812 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Queens, 2074: Wednesday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Rādhāṣṭamī 2074 falls on Wednesday 29 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:20 on Tue 28 Aug to 19:07 on Wed 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/2074/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 29 Aug
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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:20 → 16:0712:3048 min12:290 min29 Aug
Chicago20:20 → 18:0712:2748 min12:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City21:20 → 19:0712:3348 min12:330 min29 Aug
Port of Spain21:20 → 19:0711:4348 min11:430 min29 Aug
London02:20 → 00:0712:3748 min12:370 min29 Aug
Durban03:20 → 01:0711:3348 min11:330 min29 Aug
Dubai05:20 → 03:0711:5648 min11:550 min29 Aug
Delhi06:50 → 04:3711:5848 min11:580 min29 Aug
Kolkata06:50 → 04:3711:1448 min11:130 min29 Aug
Singapore09:20 → 07:0712:4248 min12:410 min29 Aug
Sydney11:20 → 09:0711:3348 min11:320 min29 Aug
Suva13:20 → 11:0711:440 min11:430 min30 Aug
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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