Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1992

Friday 4 September

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 88 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 Thursday 3 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:39  13:27 madhyāhna ends
11:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 4 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:39  13:27 madhyāhna ends
11:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:15

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 14:55 on Thu 3 Sep to 15:34 on Fri 4 Sep.

    1992-09-03T10:25:15Z → 1992-09-04T11:03:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:39–13:27 on the 3rd, 12:39–13:27 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 5276 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Tehran, 1992: Friday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Rādhāṣṭamī 1992 falls on Friday 4 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:55 on Thu 3 Sep to 15:34 on Fri 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/1992/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:25 → 04:0412:2848 min12:270 min3 Sep
Chicago05:25 → 06:0412:2548 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City06:25 → 07:0412:3148 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain06:25 → 07:0411:4148 min11:410 min3 Sep
London11:25 → 12:0412:3548 min12:350 min3 Sep
Durban12:25 → 13:0411:310 min11:3148 min4 Sep
Dubai14:25 → 15:0411:540 min11:5448 min4 Sep
Delhi15:55 → 16:3411:560 min11:5648 min4 Sep
Kolkata15:55 → 16:3411:120 min11:1148 min4 Sep
Singapore18:25 → 19:0412:400 min12:4048 min4 Sep
Sydney20:25 → 21:0411:310 min11:3048 min4 Sep
Suva22:25 → 23:0411:420 min11:4148 min4 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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