Moonrise of Thursday 3 November
Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
23:07 moonrise
Aṣṭamī begins 23:07:46
21:5522:1922:4323:0723:3123:5500:19
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1977
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 51 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Thursday 3 November
Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Friday 4 November
Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 23:08 on Thu 3 Nov to 00:40 on Sat 5 Nov.
1977-11-03T15:07:47Z → 1977-11-04T16:39:45Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 23:07 on the 3rd and 00:04 on the 4th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
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
Tie-break
Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 51 s < 300 s
Ruling
Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1977: Friday 4 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1977 falls on Friday 4 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:08 on Thu 3 Nov to 00:40 on Sat 5 Nov and is current at moonrise that day. It is 0 min 51 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 4 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 4 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 4 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/ahoyi-ashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Moonrise 3rd | Covered | Moonrise 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:08 → 08:40 | 23:25 | holds | 00:21 | no | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 09:08 → 10:40 | 23:06 | holds | 00:06 | no | 3 Nov |
| Jersey City | 10:08 → 11:40 | 23:12 | holds | 00:11 | no | 3 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 11:08 → 12:40 | 23:56 | holds | 00:45 | no | 3 Nov |
| London | 15:08 → 16:40 | 22:41 | holds | 23:46 | no | 3 Nov |
| Durban | 17:08 → 18:40 | 00:17 | holds | 00:55 | no | 3 Nov |
| Dubai | 19:08 → 20:40 | 23:37 | holds | 00:29 | no | 3 Nov |
| Delhi | 20:38 → 22:10 | 23:31 | holds | 00:25 | no | 3 Nov |
| Kolkata | 20:38 → 22:10 | 22:53 | holds | 23:44 | no | 3 Nov |
| Singapore | 22:38 → 00:10 | 00:12 | holds | 00:58 | no | 3 Nov |
| Sydney | 02:08 → 03:40 | 01:09 | no | 01:47 | holds | 4 Nov |
| Suva | 03:08 → 04:40 | 23:55 | no | 00:38 | holds | 4 Nov |