Midday of Friday 12 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:38 13:26 madhyāhna ends
11:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:14
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2040
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 551 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 12 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 13 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:44 on Sat 13 Oct to 22:36 on Sat 13 Oct.
2040-10-12T21:43:39Z → 2040-10-13T19:36:16Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:38–13:26 on the 12th, 12:37–13:25 on the 13th.
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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
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 33055 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2040: Saturday 13 October.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2040 falls on Saturday 13 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:44 on Sat 13 Oct to 22:36 on Sat 13 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 13 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 13 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 13 Oct |
| 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 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:44 → 12:36 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 22 min | 13 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:44 → 14:36 | 12:13 | 0 min | 12:12 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:44 → 15:36 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:44 → 15:36 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| London | 22:44 → 20:36 | 12:22 | 0 min | 12:22 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Durban | 23:44 → 21:36 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:44 → 23:36 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:14 → 01:06 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:14 → 01:06 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Singapore | 05:44 → 03:36 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:44 → 06:36 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Suva | 09:44 → 07:36 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 13 Oct |