Midday of Friday 19 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 12:45 13:33 madhyāhna ends
11:5712:2112:4513:0913:3313:5714:21
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2053
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 19 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 20 September
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:26 on Fri 19 Sep to 13:38 on Sat 20 Sep.
2053-09-19T08:26:00Z → 2053-09-20T10:38:18Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:45–13:33 on the 19th, 12:45–13:33 on the 20th.
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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 344 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2053: Friday 19 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Rādhāṣṭamī 2053 falls on Friday 19 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:26 on Fri 19 Sep to 13:38 on Sat 20 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 19 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 19 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 19 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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:26 → 03:38 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Chicago | 03:26 → 05:38 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Jersey City | 04:26 → 06:38 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 04:26 → 06:38 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| London | 09:26 → 11:38 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 19 Sep |
| Durban | 10:26 → 12:38 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 19 Sep |
| Dubai | 12:26 → 14:38 | 11:48 | 10 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 20 Sep |
| Delhi | 13:56 → 16:08 | 11:51 | 0 min | 11:50 | 48 min | 20 Sep |
| Kolkata | 13:56 → 16:08 | 11:06 | 0 min | 11:06 | 48 min | 20 Sep |
| Singapore | 16:26 → 18:38 | 12:34 | 0 min | 12:34 | 48 min | 20 Sep |
| Sydney | 18:26 → 20:38 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 20 Sep |
| Suva | 20:26 → 22:38 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 20 Sep |