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Ruling · 1956 · Bucharest

Mahāṣṭamī

Durga Ashtami

Thursday 11 October1956 · Bucharest, Romania

Determinatemargin 99 min

In Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 99 minutes.

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The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 11 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 12 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 07:33 on Thu 11 Oct to 09:58 on Fri 12 Oct.

    1956-10-11T05:32:52Z → 1956-10-12T07:58:28Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 11th, 11:38–12:26 on the 12th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 5957 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1956: Thursday 11 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1956 falls on Thursday 11 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:33 on Thu 11 Oct to 09:58 on Fri 12 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1956/mahashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 11 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 11 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 11 Oct
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/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha) Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

twelve places, west to east · local clocks

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:33 → 23:5811:1548 min11:150 min11 Oct
Chicago00:33 → 02:5812:1348 min12:130 min11 Oct
Jersey City01:33 → 03:5812:1948 min12:180 min11 Oct
Port of Spain01:33 → 03:5811:2948 min11:280 min11 Oct
London05:33 → 07:5811:2348 min11:230 min11 Oct
Durban07:33 → 09:5811:1948 min11:190 min11 Oct
Dubai09:33 → 11:5811:4148 min11:4117 min12 Oct
Delhi11:03 → 13:2811:4448 min11:4348 min12 Oct
Kolkata11:03 → 13:2810:5944 min10:5948 min12 Oct
Singapore13:03 → 15:2811:570 min11:5748 min12 Oct
Sydney15:33 → 17:5811:180 min11:1848 min12 Oct
Suva17:33 → 19:5811:290 min11:2948 min12 Oct
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s