Ruling · Mahāśivarātri · 1908

Sunday 1 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 22 minutes.

Decide it for

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44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Saturday 29 February

Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:48  00:36 niśītha ends
23:0023:2423:4800:1200:3601:0001:24

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 1 March

Taken. The only night Caturdaśī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:48  00:36 niśītha ends
Caturdaśī ends 00:10:04
23:0023:2423:4800:1200:3601:0001:24

22 of 48 minutes covered, the first 22

Caturdaśī presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 03:40 on Sun 1 Mar to 00:10 on Mon 2 Mar.

    1908-03-01T01:55:59Z → 1908-03-01T22:25:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:48–00:36 on the 29th, 23:48–00:36 on the 1st.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 22 of 48 on the 1st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: disputed → only-day · margin 1323 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāśivarātri, Bucharest, 1908: Sunday 1 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Mahāśivarātri 1908 falls on Sunday 1 March. Caturdaśī runs from 03:40 on Sun 1 Mar to 00:10 on Mon 2 Mar and covers 22 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1908/maha-shivaratri · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/maha-shivaratri · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Niśītha
Priority
Disputed
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīNiśītha 1stCoveredNiśītha 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:56 → 14:2623:410 min23:410 min29 Feb
Chicago19:56 → 16:2623:390 min23:380 min29 Feb
Jersey City20:56 → 17:2623:440 min23:440 min29 Feb
Port of Spain21:56 → 18:2623:540 min23:540 min29 Feb
London01:56 → 22:2623:480 min23:480 min29 Feb
Durban03:56 → 00:2623:4541 min23:440 min1 Mar
Dubai05:37 → 02:0723:4848 min23:480 min1 Mar
Delhi07:26 → 03:5600:0948 min00:090 min1 Mar
Kolkata07:26 → 03:5623:2548 min23:250 min1 Mar
Singapore08:56 → 05:2623:5348 min23:530 min1 Mar
Sydney11:56 → 08:2623:4448 min23:440 min1 Mar
Suva13:51 → 10:2123:5048 min23:500 min1 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
maha-shivaratri@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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