Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2073

Friday 8 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 282 minutes.

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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 Friday 8 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:49  13:37 madhyāhna ends
12:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:0114:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 9 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:49  13:37 madhyāhna ends
12:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:0114:25

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 08:07 on Fri 8 Sep to 06:42 on Sat 9 Sep.

    2073-09-08T05:07:15Z → 2073-09-09T03:41:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:49–13:37 on the 8th, 12:49–13:37 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 16899 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rādhāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2073: Friday 8 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rādhāṣṭamī 2073 falls on Friday 8 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:07 on Fri 8 Sep to 06:42 on Sat 9 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2073/radhashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:07 → 20:4212:2648 min12:260 min8 Sep
Chicago00:07 → 22:4212:2448 min12:240 min8 Sep
Jersey City01:07 → 23:4212:3048 min12:290 min8 Sep
Port of Spain01:07 → 23:4211:4048 min11:390 min8 Sep
London06:07 → 04:4212:3448 min12:330 min8 Sep
Durban07:07 → 05:4211:3048 min11:290 min8 Sep
Dubai09:07 → 07:4211:5248 min11:520 min8 Sep
Delhi10:37 → 09:1211:5548 min11:540 min8 Sep
Kolkata10:37 → 09:1211:1048 min11:100 min8 Sep
Singapore13:07 → 11:4212:3819 min12:380 min8 Sep
Sydney15:07 → 13:4211:290 min11:2948 min9 Sep
Suva17:07 → 15:4211:400 min11:4048 min9 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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