Midday of Tuesday 15 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1953
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 664 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 15 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 16 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 23:38 on Tue 15 Sep to 23:50 on Wed 16 Sep.
1953-09-15T21:38:05Z → 1953-09-16T21:49:45Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 15th, 11:46–12:34 on the 16th.
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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 39817 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1953: Wednesday 16 September.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Rādhāṣṭamī 1953 falls on Wednesday 16 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:38 on Tue 15 Sep to 23:50 on Wed 16 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 16 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 16 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 16 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/radhashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Durvastami (purvaviddha — S 8 of saura Bhadra except Bengal), Mahalaksmi vratarambha, Radhastami (madhyahna vyapini)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:38 → 14:50 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Chicago | 16:38 → 16:50 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Jersey City | 17:38 → 17:50 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 17:38 → 17:50 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| London | 22:38 → 22:50 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Durban | 23:38 → 23:50 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Dubai | 01:38 → 01:50 | 11:50 | 0 min | 11:50 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Delhi | 03:08 → 03:20 | 11:52 | 0 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Kolkata | 03:08 → 03:20 | 11:08 | 0 min | 11:07 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Singapore | 05:08 → 05:20 | 12:06 | 0 min | 12:06 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Sydney | 07:38 → 07:50 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 16 Sep |
| Suva | 09:38 → 09:50 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 16 Sep |