Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1913

Wednesday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 190 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 Wednesday 22 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:36 moonrise
21:2421:4822:1222:3623:0023:2423:48

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 23 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:49 moonrise
22:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:3701:01

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 19:26 on Wed 22 Oct to 18:12 on Thu 23 Oct.

    1913-10-22T11:25:45Z → 1913-10-23T10:11:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:36 on the 22nd and 23:49 on the 23rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 22nd and is not on the 23rd.

    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 11419 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1913: Wednesday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1913 falls on Wednesday 22 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:26 on Wed 22 Oct to 18:12 on Thu 23 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1913/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 Oct
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 22ndCoveredMoonrise 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:26 → 02:1223:12holds00:22no22 Oct
Chicago05:26 → 04:1222:39holds23:56no22 Oct
Jersey City06:26 → 05:1222:46holds00:01no22 Oct
Port of Spain07:26 → 06:1200:06holds01:05no22 Oct
London11:26 → 10:1221:46holds23:13no22 Oct
Durban13:26 → 12:1201:04holds01:47no22 Oct
Dubai15:07 → 13:5323:09holds00:14no22 Oct
Delhi16:56 → 15:4223:17holds00:24no22 Oct
Kolkata16:56 → 15:4222:46holds23:50no22 Oct
Singapore18:26 → 17:1223:56holds00:52no22 Oct
Sydney21:26 → 20:1201:00holds01:42no22 Oct
Suva23:21 → 22:0700:22holds01:11no22 Oct
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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