Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1901

Sunday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 198 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two moonrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.

Moonrise of Saturday 2 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:55 moonrise
21:4322:0722:3122:5523:1923:4300:07

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 3 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:58 moonrise
22:4623:1023:3423:5800:2200:4601:10

Holds at moonrise

Aṣṭamī presentMoonrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 03:44 on Sun 3 Nov to 03:16 on Mon 4 Nov.

    1901-11-02T19:43:43Z → 1901-11-03T19:15:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:55 on the 2nd and 23:58 on the 3rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 2nd and is on the 3rd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 11904 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1901: Sunday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1901 falls on Sunday 3 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:44 on Sun 3 Nov to 03:16 on Mon 4 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/ahoyi-ashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“K 8 Ahoyi astami (Gujerat) (current at moonrise), Karastami (Maharashtra). If occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the second day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMoonrise 2ndCoveredMoonrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:44 → 11:1623:17holds00:17no2 Nov
Chicago13:44 → 13:1622:58holds00:01no2 Nov
Jersey City14:44 → 14:1623:03holds00:06no2 Nov
Port of Spain15:44 → 15:1623:48holds00:40no2 Nov
London19:44 → 19:1622:30holds23:41no2 Nov
Durban21:14 → 20:4623:39holds00:19no2 Nov
Dubai23:25 → 22:5723:07no00:04no2 Nov
Delhi01:05 → 00:3723:11no00:10holds3 Nov
Kolkata01:05 → 00:3722:33no23:29holds3 Nov
Singapore02:39 → 02:1123:27no00:17holds3 Nov
Sydney05:44 → 05:1600:00no00:40holds3 Nov
Suva07:39 → 07:1123:41no00:26holds3 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
ahoyi-ashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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