Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1934

Tuesday 30 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 266 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 Monday 29 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:37 moonrise
21:2521:4922:1322:3723:0123:2523:49

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 30 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:37 moonrise
22:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:49

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 03:02 on Tue 30 Oct to 05:42 on Wed 31 Oct.

    1934-10-29T19:02:16Z → 1934-10-30T21:42:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:37 on the 29th and 23:37 on the 30th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 29th and is on the 30th.

    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 15932 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1934: Tuesday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1934 falls on Tuesday 30 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:02 on Tue 30 Oct to 05:42 on Wed 31 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 30 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 29thCoveredMoonrise 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:02 → 13:4223:02holds23:59no29 Oct
Chicago13:02 → 15:4222:36holds23:38no29 Oct
Jersey City14:02 → 16:4222:42holds23:43no29 Oct
Port of Spain15:02 → 17:4223:47holds00:34no29 Oct
London19:02 → 21:4221:56holds23:07no29 Oct
Durban21:02 → 23:4200:31holds01:05no29 Oct
Dubai23:02 → 01:4223:19holds00:12holds30 Oct
Delhi00:32 → 03:1223:10no00:05holds30 Oct
Kolkata00:32 → 03:1222:36no23:29holds30 Oct
Singapore02:22 → 05:0223:58no00:43holds30 Oct
Sydney05:02 → 07:4200:28no01:01holds30 Oct
Suva07:02 → 09:4200:03no00:43holds30 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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