Midday of Friday 20 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:45 13:33 madhyāhna ends
11:5712:2112:4513:0913:3313:5714:21
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 1996
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 572 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 20 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 21 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 03:13 on Fri 20 Sep to 01:26 on Sat 21 Sep.
1996-09-20T00:12:34Z → 1996-09-20T22:25:54Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:45–13:33 on the 20th, 12:44–13:32 on the 21st.
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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.
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 34317 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1996: Friday 20 September.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Rādhāṣṭamī 1996 falls on Friday 20 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:13 on Fri 20 Sep to 01:26 on Sat 21 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 20 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 20 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 20 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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:13 → 15:26 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Chicago | 19:13 → 17:26 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Jersey City | 20:13 → 18:26 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 20:13 → 18:26 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| London | 01:13 → 23:26 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Durban | 02:13 → 00:26 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:25 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Dubai | 04:13 → 02:26 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Delhi | 05:43 → 03:56 | 11:50 | 48 min | 11:50 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Kolkata | 05:43 → 03:56 | 11:06 | 48 min | 11:05 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Singapore | 08:13 → 06:26 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Sydney | 10:13 → 08:26 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:25 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Suva | 12:13 → 10:26 | 11:36 | 11 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 20 Sep |