Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1909

Thursday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 346 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 Thursday 4 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:58 moonrise
21:4622:1022:3422:5823:2223:4600:10

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 5 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

00:00 moonrise
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12

Absent 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 17:11 on Thu 4 Nov to 18:14 on Fri 5 Nov.

    1909-11-04T09:11:15Z → 1909-11-05T10:14:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:58 on the 4th and 00:00 on the 5th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 4th and is not on the 5th.

    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 20739 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1909: Thursday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1909 falls on Thursday 4 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:11 on Thu 4 Nov to 18:14 on Fri 5 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1909/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 4 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 4thCoveredMoonrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:11 → 02:1423:25holds00:24no4 Nov
Chicago03:11 → 04:1422:57holds00:01no4 Nov
Jersey City04:11 → 05:1423:04holds00:06no4 Nov
Port of Spain05:11 → 06:1400:13holds01:03no4 Nov
London09:11 → 10:1422:14holds23:26no4 Nov
Durban11:11 → 12:1401:02holds01:40no4 Nov
Dubai12:52 → 13:5523:23holds00:19no4 Nov
Delhi14:41 → 15:4423:33holds00:31no4 Nov
Kolkata14:41 → 15:4423:00holds23:55no4 Nov
Singapore16:11 → 17:1400:04holds00:53no4 Nov
Sydney19:11 → 20:1400:58holds01:35no4 Nov
Suva21:06 → 22:0900:25holds01:09no4 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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