Midday of Saturday 12 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:38 13:26 madhyāhna ends
11:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:14
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2097
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 598 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 12 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 13 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 23:24 on Sat 12 Oct to 01:48 on Mon 14 Oct.
2097-10-12T20:23:46Z → 2097-10-13T22:48:21Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:38–13:26 on the 12th, 12:38–13:26 on the 13th.
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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
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 35872 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2097: Sunday 13 October.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2097 falls on Sunday 13 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:24 on Sat 12 Oct to 01:48 on Mon 14 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 13 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 13 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 13 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 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:24 → 15:48 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Chicago | 15:24 → 17:48 | 12:13 | 0 min | 12:13 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Jersey City | 16:24 → 18:48 | 12:19 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:24 → 18:48 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| London | 21:24 → 23:48 | 12:23 | 0 min | 12:22 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Durban | 22:24 → 00:48 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:24 → 02:48 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Delhi | 01:54 → 04:18 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Kolkata | 01:54 → 04:18 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Singapore | 04:24 → 06:48 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Sydney | 07:24 → 09:48 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Suva | 08:24 → 10:48 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 13 Oct |