Midday of Saturday 9 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:39 12:27 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:33:03
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1948
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 27 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 9 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 10 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:33 on Sat 9 Oct to 12:57 on Sun 10 Oct.
1948-10-09T09:33:04Z → 1948-10-10T10:56:45Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 9th, 11:38–12:26 on the 10th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 327 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1948: Sunday 10 October.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1948 falls on Sunday 10 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:33 on Sat 9 Oct to 12:57 on Sun 10 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 10 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 10 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 10 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 9th | Covered | Madhyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:33 → 03:57 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:33 → 04:57 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:33 → 05:57 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:33 → 06:57 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| London | 10:33 → 11:57 | 12:23 | 48 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Durban | 11:33 → 12:57 | 11:19 | 34 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:33 → 14:57 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:03 → 16:27 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:03 → 16:27 | 11:00 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:03 → 18:27 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Sydney | 19:33 → 20:57 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Suva | 21:33 → 22:57 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 10 Oct |