Midday of Saturday 12 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:22 12:10 madhyāhna ends
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1918
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 386 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 12 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 13 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:39 on Sat 12 Oct to 18:35 on Sun 13 Oct.
1918-10-12T16:55:26Z → 1918-10-13T16:51:26Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:22–12:10 on the 12th, 11:22–12:10 on the 13th.
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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
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 23143 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1918: Sunday 13 October.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1918 falls on Sunday 13 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:39 on Sat 12 Oct to 18:35 on Sun 13 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 13 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 13 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 13 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 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:55 → 09:51 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:55 → 11:51 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:55 → 12:51 | 12:19 | 11 min | 12:18 | 33 min | 13 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:55 → 12:51 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| London | 16:55 → 16:51 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Durban | 18:55 → 18:51 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:36 → 20:32 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Delhi | 22:25 → 22:21 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Kolkata | 22:25 → 22:21 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:55 → 23:51 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:55 → 02:51 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Suva | 04:55 → 04:51 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 13 Oct |