Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2025

Sunday 31 August

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 254 minutes.

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 31 August

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 1 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 05:17 on Sun 31 Aug to 07:28 on Mon 1 Sep.

    2025-08-30T17:17:08Z → 2025-08-31T19:28:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 31st, 11:43–12:31 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 15257 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Suva, 2025: Sunday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Rādhāṣṭamī 2025 falls on Sunday 31 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:17 on Sun 31 Aug to 07:28 on Mon 1 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/2025/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 31 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:17 → 12:2812:2948 min12:290 min30 Aug
Chicago12:17 → 14:2812:2748 min12:2648 min30 Aug
Jersey City13:17 → 15:2812:323 min12:3248 min31 Aug
Port of Spain13:17 → 15:2811:430 min11:4248 min31 Aug
London18:17 → 20:2812:370 min12:3648 min31 Aug
Durban19:17 → 21:2811:330 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Dubai21:17 → 23:2811:550 min11:5548 min31 Aug
Delhi22:47 → 00:5811:570 min11:5748 min31 Aug
Kolkata22:47 → 00:5811:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore01:17 → 03:2812:410 min12:4148 min31 Aug
Sydney03:17 → 05:2811:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva05:17 → 07:2811:430 min11:4348 min31 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