Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1950

Thursday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 140 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 Thursday 2 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:48 moonrise
21:3622:0022:2422:4823:1223:3600:00

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 3 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:54 moonrise
22:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:06

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 20:27 on Thu 2 Nov to 21:23 on Fri 3 Nov.

    1950-11-02T12:27:22Z → 1950-11-03T13:22:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:48 on the 2nd and 23:54 on the 3rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 2nd and is not on the 3rd.

    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 8411 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1950: Thursday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1950 falls on Thursday 2 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:27 on Thu 2 Nov to 21:23 on Fri 3 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1950/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 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 2ndCoveredMoonrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:27 → 05:2323:17holds00:21no2 Nov
Chicago06:27 → 07:2322:49holds23:58no2 Nov
Jersey City07:27 → 08:2322:55holds00:04no2 Nov
Port of Spain08:27 → 09:2300:05holds00:57no2 Nov
London12:27 → 13:2322:04holds23:23no2 Nov
Durban14:27 → 15:2300:54holds01:29no2 Nov
Dubai16:27 → 17:2323:33holds00:32no2 Nov
Delhi17:57 → 18:5323:24holds00:24no2 Nov
Kolkata17:57 → 18:5322:51holds23:48no2 Nov
Singapore19:57 → 20:5300:26holds01:14no2 Nov
Sydney22:27 → 23:2300:51holds01:25no2 Nov
Suva00:27 → 01:2300:23no01:05holds3 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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