Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) · 2006

Friday 13 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 133 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 Friday 13 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:22 moonrise
21:1021:3421:5822:2222:4623:1023:34

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 14 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:27 moonrise
22:1522:3923:0323:2723:5100:1500:39

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 20:09 on Fri 13 Oct to 20:54 on Sat 14 Oct.

    2006-10-13T12:08:52Z → 2006-10-14T12:54:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:22 on the 13th and 23:27 on the 14th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 13th and is not on the 14th.

    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 7997 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2006: Friday 13 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) 2006 falls on Friday 13 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:09 on Fri 13 Oct to 20:54 on Sat 14 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 13thCoveredMoonrise 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:09 → 05:5423:55holds00:57no13 Oct
Chicago07:09 → 07:5423:20holds00:26no13 Oct
Jersey City08:09 → 08:5423:27holds00:33no13 Oct
Port of Spain08:09 → 08:5423:56holds00:50no13 Oct
London13:09 → 13:5422:22holds23:37no13 Oct
Durban14:09 → 14:5401:05holds01:46no13 Oct
Dubai16:09 → 16:5423:17holds00:16no13 Oct
Delhi17:39 → 18:2423:06holds00:06no13 Oct
Kolkata17:39 → 18:2422:36holds23:34no13 Oct
Singapore20:09 → 20:5400:50holds01:42no13 Oct
Sydney22:09 → 22:5401:01holds01:44no13 Oct
Suva00:09 → 00:5400:24holds01:13no13 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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