Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2072

Tuesday 18 October

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 21 s.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 18 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:36  13:24 madhyāhna ends
11:4812:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:12

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 19 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:36  13:24 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 12:30:52
11:4812:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:12

0 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 10:55 on Tue 18 Oct to 12:31 on Wed 19 Oct.

    2072-10-18T07:55:05Z → 2072-10-19T09:30:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:36–13:24 on the 18th, 12:36–13:24 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 321 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2072: Tuesday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2072 falls on Tuesday 18 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:55 on Tue 18 Oct to 12:31 on Wed 19 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2072/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 Oct
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/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:55 → 02:3112:1448 min12:140 min18 Oct
Chicago02:55 → 04:3112:1148 min12:110 min18 Oct
Jersey City03:55 → 05:3112:1748 min12:170 min18 Oct
Port of Spain03:55 → 05:3111:2748 min11:270 min18 Oct
London08:55 → 10:3112:2148 min12:210 min18 Oct
Durban09:55 → 11:3111:1748 min11:1714 min19 Oct
Dubai11:55 → 13:3111:4033 min11:4048 min19 Oct
Delhi13:25 → 15:0111:420 min11:4248 min19 Oct
Kolkata13:25 → 15:0110:580 min10:5748 min19 Oct
Singapore15:55 → 17:3112:260 min12:2648 min19 Oct
Sydney18:55 → 20:3112:170 min12:1648 min19 Oct
Suva19:55 → 21:3111:280 min11:2748 min19 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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