Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1939

Saturday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 506 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 Friday 3 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:38 moonrise
21:2621:5022:1422:3823:0223:2623:50

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 4 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:44 moonrise
22:3222:5623:2023:4400:0800:3200:56

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 10:10 on Sat 4 Nov to 08:10 on Sun 5 Nov.

    1939-11-04T02:10:22Z → 1939-11-05T00:09:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:38 on the 3rd and 23:44 on the 4th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 3rd and is on the 4th.

    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 30345 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1939: Saturday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1939 falls on Saturday 4 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:10 on Sat 4 Nov to 08:10 on Sun 5 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 Angeles18:10 → 16:1000:07no01:13no3 Nov
Chicago20:10 → 18:1023:51no01:00no3 Nov
Jersey City21:10 → 19:1023:55no01:04no3 Nov
Port of Spain22:10 → 20:1000:31no01:27no3 Nov
London03:10 → 01:1000:27holds01:44no4 Nov
Durban04:10 → 02:1000:42holds01:24no4 Nov
Dubai06:10 → 04:1000:12holds01:13no4 Nov
Delhi07:40 → 05:4000:06holds01:09no4 Nov
Kolkata07:40 → 05:4023:26holds00:27no4 Nov
Singapore09:30 → 07:3000:31holds01:25no4 Nov
Sydney12:10 → 10:1000:31holds01:13no4 Nov
Suva14:10 → 12:1000:21holds01:08no4 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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