Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) · 1963

Wednesday 9 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 404 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 Wednesday 9 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:50 moonrise
21:3822:0222:2622:5023:1423:3800:02

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 10 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:50 moonrise
22:3823:0223:2623:5000:1400:3801:02

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 16:06 on Wed 9 Oct to 14:57 on Thu 10 Oct.

    1963-10-09T08:06:03Z → 1963-10-10T06:57:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:50 on the 9th and 23:50 on the 10th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 9th and is not on the 10th.

    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 24217 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1963: Wednesday 9 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) 1963 falls on Wednesday 9 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:06 on Wed 9 Oct to 14:57 on Thu 10 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 9thCoveredMoonrise 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:06 → 23:5700:16no01:17no8 Oct
Chicago03:06 → 01:5723:46holds00:49no9 Oct
Jersey City04:06 → 02:5723:53holds00:55no9 Oct
Port of Spain04:06 → 02:5700:08holds01:04no9 Oct
London09:06 → 07:5723:03holds00:07no9 Oct
Durban10:06 → 08:5700:59holds01:51no9 Oct
Dubai12:06 → 10:5723:34holds00:33no9 Oct
Delhi13:36 → 12:2723:25holds00:24no9 Oct
Kolkata13:36 → 12:2722:52holds23:50no9 Oct
Singapore15:36 → 14:2700:26holds01:23no9 Oct
Sydney18:06 → 16:5700:49holds01:43no9 Oct
Suva20:06 → 18:5700:21holds01:17no9 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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