Midday of Wednesday 26 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:43 13:31 madhyāhna ends
11:5512:1912:4313:0713:3113:5514:19
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1990
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 145 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 26 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 27 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 15:56 on Wed 26 Sep to 18:10 on Thu 27 Sep.
1990-09-26T12:55:35Z → 1990-09-27T15:10:07Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:43–13:31 on the 26th, 12:42–13:30 on the 27th.
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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.
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 8697 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1990: Thursday 27 September.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1990 falls on Thursday 27 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:56 on Wed 26 Sep to 18:10 on Thu 27 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 27 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 27 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 27 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 26th | Covered | Madhyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:56 → 08:10 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Chicago | 07:56 → 10:10 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Jersey City | 08:56 → 11:10 | 12:23 | 48 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 08:56 → 11:10 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| London | 13:56 → 16:10 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Durban | 14:56 → 17:10 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Dubai | 16:56 → 19:10 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Delhi | 18:26 → 20:40 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Kolkata | 18:26 → 20:40 | 11:04 | 0 min | 11:04 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Singapore | 20:56 → 23:10 | 12:32 | 0 min | 12:32 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Sydney | 22:56 → 01:10 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Suva | 00:56 → 03:10 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 27 Sep |