Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) · 1986

Saturday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 264 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 Saturday 25 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:41 moonrise
21:2921:5322:1722:4123:0523:2923:53

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 26 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:44 moonrise
22:3222:5623:2023:4400:0800:3200:56

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 17:24 on Sat 25 Oct to 19:20 on Sun 26 Oct.

    1986-10-25T09:23:32Z → 1986-10-26T11:20:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:41 on the 25th and 23:44 on the 26th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 25th and is not on the 26th.

    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 15841 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1986: Saturday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) 1986 falls on Saturday 25 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:24 on Sat 25 Oct to 19:20 on Sun 26 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1986/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 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 25thCoveredMoonrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:24 → 03:2000:11holds00:12no25 Oct
Chicago04:24 → 05:2023:39holds23:45no25 Oct
Jersey City05:24 → 06:2023:46holds23:51no25 Oct
Port of Spain05:24 → 07:2000:07holds00:58no25 Oct
London10:24 → 11:2022:48holds23:03no25 Oct
Durban11:24 → 13:2001:07holds01:45no25 Oct
Dubai13:24 → 15:2023:31holds00:28no25 Oct
Delhi14:54 → 16:5023:21holds00:19no25 Oct
Kolkata14:54 → 16:5022:50holds23:46no25 Oct
Singapore17:24 → 19:2001:00holds01:49no25 Oct
Sydney20:24 → 22:2002:05holds02:42no25 Oct
Suva21:24 → 23:2000:32holds01:15no25 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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