Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 1999

Sunday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 479 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 30 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:26 moonrise
21:1421:3822:0222:2622:5023:1423:38

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 31 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:30 moonrise
22:1822:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:42

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 08:46 on Sun 31 Oct to 07:30 on Mon 1 Nov.

    1999-10-31T00:45:57Z → 1999-10-31T23:29:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:26 on the 30th and 23:30 on the 31st.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 30th and is on the 31st.

    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 28757 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 1999: Sunday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 1999 falls on Sunday 31 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:46 on Sun 31 Oct to 07:30 on Mon 1 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1999/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 31 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 31stCoveredMoonrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:46 → 15:3023:56no00:58no30 Oct
Chicago19:46 → 17:3023:33no00:38no30 Oct
Jersey City20:46 → 18:3023:38no00:43no30 Oct
Port of Spain20:46 → 19:3000:34no01:28no30 Oct
London01:46 → 23:3022:59holds00:11no31 Oct
Durban02:46 → 01:3001:05holds01:49no31 Oct
Dubai04:46 → 03:3000:07holds01:06no31 Oct
Delhi06:16 → 05:0000:00holds01:00no31 Oct
Kolkata06:16 → 05:0023:24holds00:22no31 Oct
Singapore08:46 → 07:3001:19holds02:12no31 Oct
Sydney11:46 → 10:3001:57holds02:41no31 Oct
Suva12:46 → 11:3000:37holds01:26no31 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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