Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) · 1982

Monday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 118 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 7 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:39 moonrise
21:2721:5122:1522:3923:0323:2723:51

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 8 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:48 moonrise
22:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:3601:00

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 03:34 on Mon 8 Nov to 01:46 on Tue 9 Nov.

    1982-11-07T19:33:59Z → 1982-11-08T17:46:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:39 on the 7th and 23:48 on the 8th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 7th and is on the 8th.

    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 7092 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1982: Monday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) 1982 falls on Monday 8 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:34 on Mon 8 Nov to 01:46 on Tue 9 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 7thCoveredMoonrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:34 → 09:4623:10holds00:16no7 Nov
Chicago13:34 → 11:4622:42holds23:53no7 Nov
Jersey City14:34 → 12:4622:48holds23:58no7 Nov
Port of Spain15:34 → 13:4623:54holds00:52no7 Nov
London19:34 → 17:4622:00holds23:19no7 Nov
Durban21:34 → 19:4600:37holds01:22no7 Nov
Dubai23:34 → 21:4623:22no00:25no7 Nov
Delhi01:04 → 23:1623:13no00:18no7 Nov
Kolkata01:04 → 23:1622:39no23:41no7 Nov
Singapore03:34 → 01:4600:40no01:37holds8 Nov
Sydney06:34 → 04:4601:29no02:15holds8 Nov
Suva07:34 → 05:4600:03no00:55holds8 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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