Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1912

Friday 1 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Aṣṭamī reaches moonrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

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 Friday 1 November

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither moonrise; this is the day it falls on.

22:33 moonrise
21:2121:4522:0922:3322:5723:2123:45

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 2 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:48 moonrise
22:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:3601:00

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 00:41 on Sat 2 Nov to 22:33 on Sat 2 Nov.

    1912-11-01T16:41:07Z → 1912-11-02T14:33:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:33 on the 1st and 23:48 on the 2nd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 1st and is not on the 2nd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither moonrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 4474 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1912: Friday 1 November.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1912 falls on Friday 1 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:41 on Sat 2 Nov to 22:33 on Sat 2 Nov, and is current at moonrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1912/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 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 1stCoveredMoonrise 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:41 → 06:3323:09holds00:21no1 Nov
Chicago10:41 → 08:3322:38holds23:56no1 Nov
Jersey City11:41 → 09:3322:45holds00:01no1 Nov
Port of Spain12:41 → 10:3300:00holds00:58no1 Nov
London16:41 → 14:3321:47holds23:17no1 Nov
Durban18:41 → 16:3300:53holds01:34no1 Nov
Dubai20:22 → 18:1423:04holds00:10no1 Nov
Delhi22:11 → 20:0323:13holds00:21no1 Nov
Kolkata22:11 → 20:0322:40holds23:46no1 Nov
Singapore23:41 → 21:3323:48holds00:44no1 Nov
Sydney02:41 → 00:3300:48no01:29no1 Nov
Suva04:36 → 02:2800:12no01:01holds2 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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