Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1920

Friday 12 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 168 minutes.

Decide it for

BucharestDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 12 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 13 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 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 06:22 on Fri 12 Mar to 08:58 on Sat 13 Mar.

    1920-03-12T04:38:15Z → 1920-03-13T07:13:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 12th, 11:46–12:34 on the 13th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 10073 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1920: Friday 12 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Śītalāṣṭamī 1920 falls on Friday 12 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:22 on Fri 12 Mar to 08:58 on Sat 13 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1920/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 12 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/shitalashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:38 → 23:1411:3948 min11:390 min12 Mar
Chicago22:38 → 01:1411:3748 min11:370 min12 Mar
Jersey City23:38 → 02:1411:4248 min11:420 min12 Mar
Port of Spain00:38 → 03:1411:5248 min11:520 min12 Mar
London04:38 → 07:1411:4748 min11:470 min12 Mar
Durban06:38 → 09:1411:4248 min11:410 min12 Mar
Dubai08:38 → 11:1412:0548 min12:050 min12 Mar
Delhi10:08 → 12:4412:0748 min12:0737 min12 Mar
Kolkata10:08 → 12:4411:2348 min11:2248 min12 Mar
Singapore11:38 → 14:1411:5148 min11:5048 min12 Mar
Sydney14:38 → 17:1411:410 min11:4148 min13 Mar
Suva16:38 → 19:1411:520 min11:5248 min13 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shitalashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

About Ahargaṇa