Radha Ashtami dates (popular practice)
Radha Ashtami is popular practice; no text read gives the day. The bright Aṣṭamī of Bhādrapada in 2027, 2028 and 2029, by our stated rule, with the midday pūjā time, for Delhi, Mathura and your city.
Next Radha Ashtami in Delhi
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Mathura
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Mumbai
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Kolkata
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Chennai
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Bengaluru
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Hyderabad
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Ahmedabad
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Pune
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Jaipur
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Lucknow
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in London
Tuesday, 7 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in New York City
Tuesday, 7 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Toronto
Tuesday, 7 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Sydney
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Dubai
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Next Radha Ashtami in Singapore
Wednesday, 8 September 2027
It is in 325 days.
Radha Ashtami dates, 2027 to 2029
Each city’s own midday| Year | Delhi | Mathura | London | New York City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radha Ashtami 2027 | Wed 8 SepMidday 11:03 – 12:44 | Wed 8 SepMidday 11:02 – 12:44 | Tue 7 SepMidday 11:39 – 14:16 | Tue 7 SepMidday 11:36 – 14:10 |
| Radha Ashtami 2028 | Sun 27 AugMidday 11:05 – 13:39 | Sun 27 AugMidday 11:03 – 13:37 | Sun 27 AugMidday 11:38 – 14:19 | Sat 26 AugMidday 11:37 – 14:16 |
| Radha Ashtami 2029 | Sat 15 SepMidday 11:02 – 13:29 | Sat 15 SepMidday 11:00 – 13:28 | Sat 15 SepMidday 11:39 – 13:52 | Fri 14 SepMidday 11:36 – 14:05 |
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept. The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
Questions
By our stated rule; popular practice throughout.
When is Radha Ashtami?
In Delhi, by our stated rule: Wednesday, 8 September 2027, midday 11:03 – 12:44; Sunday, 27 August 2028, midday 11:05 – 13:39; Saturday, 15 September 2029, midday 11:02 – 13:29. Popular practice; no text read gives the day.
Is Radha Ashtami in the classical texts?
No. The Nirṇaya-sindhu, the Dharmasindhu and the Vratarāja have no Rādhāṣṭamī, and none gives a day or time for Rādhā’s birth. The Dharmasindhu gives this Aṣṭamī to the Dūrvāṣṭamī and a pūjā of Jyeṣṭhā-devī. DS p. 56
Why is the date different in the US or UK?
The Aṣṭamī begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but midday comes at different hours, so a city far to the west or east can find the Aṣṭamī at another day’s midday.
How the day is found
Read the methodology- Basis
- Popular practice; no text read gives the day. The rule is ours, stated in full.
- The day
- The day whose midday the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
- Midday
- The third of the day’s five parts, sunrise to sunset (the Nirṇaya-sindhu’s division, p. 28). The part the Aṣṭamī covers is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
- Sunrise
- At the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, for the chosen city. Every date is that city’s own.
Sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method