Midday of Wednesday 3 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:51 13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2003
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 495 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 3 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 4 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 04:36 on Wed 3 Sep to 02:35 on Thu 4 Sep.
2003-09-03T01:35:52Z → 2003-09-03T23:35:03Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 3rd, 12:50–13:38 on the 4th.
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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.
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 29688 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2003: Wednesday 3 September.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Rādhāṣṭamī 2003 falls on Wednesday 3 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:36 on Wed 3 Sep to 02:35 on Thu 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 3 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 3 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 3 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 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:36 → 16:35 | 12:28 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Chicago | 20:36 → 18:35 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Jersey City | 21:36 → 19:35 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 21:36 → 19:35 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| London | 02:36 → 00:35 | 12:35 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Durban | 03:36 → 01:35 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Dubai | 05:36 → 03:35 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Delhi | 07:06 → 05:05 | 11:56 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Kolkata | 07:06 → 05:05 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Singapore | 09:36 → 07:35 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Sydney | 11:36 → 09:35 | 11:31 | 43 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 3 Sep |
| Suva | 13:36 → 11:35 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 4 Sep |