Midday of Saturday 28 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1968
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 337 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 28 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 29 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:11 on Sat 28 Sep to 18:06 on Sun 29 Sep.
1968-09-28T18:10:49Z → 1968-09-29T16:06:16Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 28th, 11:41–12:29 on the 29th.
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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
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 20207 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1968: Sunday 29 September.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1968 falls on Sunday 29 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:11 on Sat 28 Sep to 18:06 on Sun 29 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 29 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 29 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 29 Sep |
| 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 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:11 → 09:06 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 28 Sep |
| Chicago | 13:11 → 11:06 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Jersey City | 14:11 → 12:06 | 12:23 | 0 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 14:11 → 12:06 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:32 | 34 min | 29 Sep |
| London | 19:11 → 17:06 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Durban | 20:11 → 18:06 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Dubai | 22:11 → 20:06 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Delhi | 23:41 → 21:36 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Kolkata | 23:41 → 21:36 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Singapore | 01:41 → 23:36 | 12:01 | 0 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Sydney | 04:11 → 02:06 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Suva | 06:11 → 04:06 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 29 Sep |