Midday of Friday 20 September
Qualifies with 32 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:45 13:33 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 13:00:10
11:5712:2112:4513:0913:3313:5714:21
32 of 48 minutes covered, the last 32
Ruling · Rādhāṣṭamī · 2080
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 20 September
Qualifies with 32 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
32 of 48 minutes covered, the last 32
Midday of Saturday 21 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 13:00 on Fri 20 Sep to 14:47 on Sat 21 Sep.
2080-09-20T10:00:10Z → 2080-09-21T11:47:07Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:45–13:33 on the 20th, 12:44–13:32 on the 21st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 32 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.
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 937 s
Ruling
Rādhāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2080: Saturday 21 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Rādhāṣṭamī 2080 falls on Saturday 21 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:00 on Fri 20 Sep to 14:47 on Sat 21 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 32 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 | Sat 21 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 21 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 21 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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:00 → 04:47 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Chicago | 05:00 → 06:47 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Jersey City | 06:00 → 07:47 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 06:00 → 07:47 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 20 Sep |
| London | 11:00 → 12:47 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 18 min | 20 Sep |
| Durban | 12:00 → 13:47 | 11:25 | 13 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 21 Sep |
| Dubai | 14:00 → 15:47 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 21 Sep |
| Delhi | 15:30 → 17:17 | 11:50 | 0 min | 11:50 | 48 min | 21 Sep |
| Kolkata | 15:30 → 17:17 | 11:06 | 0 min | 11:05 | 48 min | 21 Sep |
| Singapore | 18:00 → 19:47 | 12:34 | 0 min | 12:34 | 48 min | 21 Sep |
| Sydney | 20:00 → 21:47 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 21 Sep |
| Suva | 22:00 → 23:47 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 21 Sep |