Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1962

Saturday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 348 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 19 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:31 moonrise
21:1921:4322:0722:3122:5523:1923:43

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 20 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:27 moonrise
22:1522:3923:0323:2723:5100:1500:39

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 04:31 on Sat 20 Oct to 05:16 on Sun 21 Oct.

    1962-10-19T20:30:32Z → 1962-10-20T21:15:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:31 on the 19th and 23:27 on the 20th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 19th and is on the 20th.

    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 20909 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1962: Saturday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1962 falls on Saturday 20 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:31 on Sat 20 Oct to 05:16 on Sun 21 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 20 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 19thCoveredMoonrise 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:31 → 14:1623:54holds00:50no19 Oct
Chicago15:31 → 16:1623:27holds00:25no19 Oct
Jersey City16:31 → 17:1623:33holds00:31no19 Oct
Port of Spain16:31 → 17:1623:41holds00:33no19 Oct
London21:31 → 22:1622:48holds23:49no19 Oct
Durban22:31 → 23:1600:26holds01:13no19 Oct
Dubai00:31 → 01:1623:12no00:06holds20 Oct
Delhi02:01 → 02:4623:03no23:58holds20 Oct
Kolkata02:01 → 02:4622:29no23:23holds20 Oct
Singapore04:01 → 04:4600:00no00:52holds20 Oct
Sydney06:31 → 07:1600:18no01:06holds20 Oct
Suva08:31 → 09:1623:53no00:44holds20 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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