Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2021

Sunday 4 April

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 647 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 3 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 01:43 on Sun 4 Apr to 00:30 on Mon 5 Apr.

    2021-04-03T22:43:11Z → 2021-04-04T21:29:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:55–13:43 on the 3rd, 12:55–13:43 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 38821 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2021: Sunday 4 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Śītalāṣṭamī 2021 falls on Sunday 4 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:43 on Sun 4 Apr to 00:30 on Mon 5 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2021/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 Apr
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/shitalashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:43 → 14:3012:320 min12:3248 min4 Apr
Chicago17:43 → 16:3012:300 min12:3048 min4 Apr
Jersey City18:43 → 17:3012:360 min12:3648 min4 Apr
Port of Spain18:43 → 17:3011:450 min11:4548 min4 Apr
London23:43 → 22:3012:400 min12:4048 min4 Apr
Durban00:43 → 23:3011:350 min11:3548 min4 Apr
Dubai02:43 → 01:3011:580 min11:5848 min4 Apr
Delhi04:13 → 03:0012:010 min12:0048 min4 Apr
Kolkata04:13 → 03:0011:160 min11:1648 min4 Apr
Singapore06:43 → 05:3012:440 min12:4448 min4 Apr
Sydney08:43 → 07:3012:340 min11:3448 min4 Apr
Suva10:43 → 09:3011:460 min11:4548 min4 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shitalashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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