Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1941

Monday 13 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 577 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 Sunday 12 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:31 moonrise
22:1922:4323:0723:3123:5500:1900:43

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 13 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

00:23 moonrise
23:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:1101:35

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 09:08 on Mon 13 Oct to 10:26 on Tue 14 Oct.

    1941-10-13T00:08:20Z → 1941-10-14T01:26:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 23:31 on the 12th and 00:23 on the 13th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 12th and is on the 13th.

    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 34634 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1941: Monday 13 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1941 falls on Monday 13 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:08 on Mon 13 Oct to 10:26 on Tue 14 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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 13thCoveredMoonrise 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:08 → 17:2623:44no00:41no12 Oct
Chicago18:08 → 19:2623:21no00:20no12 Oct
Jersey City19:08 → 20:2623:27no00:26no12 Oct
Port of Spain20:08 → 21:2600:22no01:14no12 Oct
London01:08 → 02:2623:50holds00:52no13 Oct
Durban02:08 → 03:2600:54holds01:38no13 Oct
Dubai04:08 → 05:2623:58holds00:52no13 Oct
Delhi06:38 → 07:5600:51holds01:46no13 Oct
Kolkata06:38 → 07:5600:15holds01:08no13 Oct
Singapore07:38 → 08:5600:39holds01:29no13 Oct
Sydney10:08 → 11:2600:45holds01:29no13 Oct
Suva12:08 → 13:2600:27holds01:14no13 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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