Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2009

Sunday 11 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 277 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 10 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:07 moonrise
20:5521:1921:4322:0722:3122:5523:19

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 11 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:18 moonrise
22:0622:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:30

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 05:54 on Sun 11 Oct to 03:55 on Mon 12 Oct.

    2009-10-10T21:54:23Z → 2009-10-11T19:55:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:07 on the 10th and 23:18 on the 11th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 10th and is on the 11th.

    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 16622 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2009: Sunday 11 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2009 falls on Sunday 11 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:54 on Sun 11 Oct to 03:55 on Mon 12 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2009/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 11 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 11 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 11 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 10thCoveredMoonrise 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:54 → 12:5523:42holds00:52no10 Oct
Chicago16:54 → 14:5523:10holds00:24no10 Oct
Jersey City17:54 → 15:5523:16holds00:30no10 Oct
Port of Spain17:54 → 15:5523:36holds00:36no10 Oct
London22:54 → 20:5522:18no23:40no10 Oct
Durban23:54 → 21:5500:32holds01:21no10 Oct
Dubai01:54 → 23:5522:58no00:03no10 Oct
Delhi03:24 → 01:2522:47no23:54holds11 Oct
Kolkata03:24 → 01:2522:15no23:20holds11 Oct
Singapore05:54 → 03:5500:24no01:23holds11 Oct
Sydney08:54 → 06:5501:25no02:14holds11 Oct
Suva09:54 → 07:5523:53no00:47holds11 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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