Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) · 2002

Tuesday 29 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 85 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 Monday 28 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:28 moonrise
21:1621:4022:0422:2822:5223:1623:40

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 29 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:35 moonrise
22:2322:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:47

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 01:45 on Tue 29 Oct to 01:00 on Wed 30 Oct.

    2002-10-28T17:44:46Z → 2002-10-29T16:59:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:28 on the 28th and 23:35 on the 29th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 28th and is on the 29th.

    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 5087 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2002: Tuesday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) 2002 falls on Tuesday 29 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:45 on Tue 29 Oct to 01:00 on Wed 30 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 28thCoveredMoonrise 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:45 → 09:0022:59holds00:06no28 Oct
Chicago11:45 → 11:0022:28holds23:39no28 Oct
Jersey City12:45 → 12:0022:35holds23:45no28 Oct
Port of Spain13:45 → 13:0023:53holds00:51no28 Oct
London17:45 → 17:0021:39holds22:56no28 Oct
Durban19:45 → 19:0000:49holds01:35no28 Oct
Dubai21:45 → 21:0023:17holds00:19no28 Oct
Delhi23:15 → 22:3023:07no00:10no28 Oct
Kolkata23:15 → 22:3022:35no23:36no28 Oct
Singapore01:45 → 01:0000:43no01:38no28 Oct
Sydney04:45 → 04:0001:43no02:29holds29 Oct
Suva05:45 → 05:0000:12no01:03holds29 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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