Midday of Thursday 18 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:37 13:25 madhyāhna ends
11:4912:1312:3713:0113:2513:4914:13
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2091
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 679 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 18 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 19 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 01:13 on Fri 19 Oct to 00:43 on Sat 20 Oct.
2091-10-18T22:12:50Z → 2091-10-19T21:43:04Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:37–13:25 on the 18th, 12:36–13:24 on the 19th.
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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.
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 40717 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2091: Friday 19 October.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2091 falls on Friday 19 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:13 on Fri 19 Oct to 00:43 on Sat 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 19 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 19 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 19 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 18th | Covered | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:13 → 14:43 | 12:14 | 0 min | 12:14 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 17:13 → 16:43 | 12:12 | 0 min | 12:11 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 18:13 → 17:43 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 18:13 → 17:43 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 23:13 → 22:43 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Durban | 00:13 → 23:43 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Dubai | 02:13 → 01:43 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:43 → 03:13 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:43 → 03:13 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:58 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Singapore | 06:13 → 05:43 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Sydney | 09:13 → 08:43 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Suva | 10:13 → 09:43 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 19 Oct |