Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2033

Friday 2 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 184 minutes.

Decide it for

BucharestDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Thursday 1 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 2 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 16:43 on Thu 1 Sep to 17:53 on Fri 2 Sep.

    2033-09-01T13:43:04Z → 2033-09-02T14:53:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 1st, 12:51–13:39 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 11036 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2033: Friday 2 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rādhāṣṭamī 2033 falls on Friday 2 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:43 on Thu 1 Sep to 17:53 on Fri 2 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2033/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 Sep
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/radhashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:43 → 07:5312:2948 min12:280 min1 Sep
Chicago08:43 → 09:5312:2648 min12:260 min1 Sep
Jersey City09:43 → 10:5312:3248 min12:320 min1 Sep
Port of Spain09:43 → 10:5311:4248 min11:420 min1 Sep
London14:43 → 15:5312:360 min12:3648 min2 Sep
Durban15:43 → 16:5311:320 min11:3248 min2 Sep
Dubai17:43 → 18:5311:550 min11:5448 min2 Sep
Delhi19:13 → 20:2311:570 min11:5748 min2 Sep
Kolkata19:13 → 20:2311:120 min11:1248 min2 Sep
Singapore21:43 → 22:5312:410 min12:4048 min2 Sep
Sydney23:43 → 00:5311:310 min11:3148 min2 Sep
Suva01:43 → 02:5311:430 min11:4248 min2 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
radhashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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