Midday of Thursday 21 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:20 12:08 madhyāhna ends
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1909
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 494 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 21 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 22 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:01 on Thu 21 Oct to 20:22 on Fri 22 Oct.
1909-10-21T19:17:22Z → 1909-10-22T18:37:50Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 21st, 11:20–12:08 on the 22nd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 29637 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1909: Friday 22 October.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1909 falls on Friday 22 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:01 on Thu 21 Oct to 20:22 on Fri 22 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 22 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Madhyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:17 → 10:38 | 11:13 | 44 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Chicago | 13:17 → 12:38 | 11:11 | 0 min | 11:11 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 14:17 → 13:38 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 15:17 → 14:38 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 19:17 → 18:38 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 21:17 → 20:38 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:58 → 22:19 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:47 → 00:08 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:47 → 00:08 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Singapore | 02:17 → 01:38 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Sydney | 05:17 → 04:38 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Suva | 07:12 → 06:33 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 22 Oct |