Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1933

Wednesday 11 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 591 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 11 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:46 moonrise
21:3421:5822:2222:4623:1023:3423:58

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 12 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:47 moonrise
22:3522:5923:2323:4700:1100:3500:59

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 11:31 on Wed 11 Oct to 13:56 on Thu 12 Oct.

    1933-10-11T03:31:18Z → 1933-10-12T05:55:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:46 on the 11th and 23:47 on the 12th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 11th and is not on the 12th.

    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 35475 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1933: Wednesday 11 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1933 falls on Wednesday 11 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:31 on Wed 11 Oct to 13:56 on Thu 12 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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 11thCoveredMoonrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:31 → 21:5623:14no00:14no10 Oct
Chicago21:31 → 23:5622:42holds23:47no11 Oct
Jersey City22:31 → 00:5622:50holds23:53no11 Oct
Port of Spain23:31 → 01:5600:11holds01:02no11 Oct
London03:31 → 05:5621:51holds23:04no11 Oct
Durban05:31 → 07:5601:12holds01:51no11 Oct
Dubai07:31 → 09:5623:36holds00:32no11 Oct
Delhi09:01 → 11:2623:26holds00:23no11 Oct
Kolkata09:01 → 11:2622:54holds23:49no11 Oct
Singapore10:51 → 13:1600:25holds01:13no11 Oct
Sydney13:31 → 15:5601:10holds01:48no11 Oct
Suva15:31 → 17:5600:37holds01:21no11 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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