Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) · 2013

Saturday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 199 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 26 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:11 moonrise
21:5922:2322:4723:1123:3523:5900:23

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 27 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

00:07 moonrise
22:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:5501:19

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 18:29 on Sat 26 Oct to 20:48 on Sun 27 Oct.

    2013-10-26T10:28:45Z → 2013-10-27T12:47:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 23:11 on the 26th and 00:07 on the 27th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 26th and is not on the 27th.

    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 11952 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2013: Saturday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) 2013 falls on Saturday 26 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:29 on Sat 26 Oct to 20:48 on Sun 27 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 26thCoveredMoonrise 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:29 → 05:4800:30holds01:24no26 Oct
Chicago05:29 → 07:4800:10holds01:08no26 Oct
Jersey City06:29 → 08:4800:16holds01:13no26 Oct
Port of Spain06:29 → 08:4800:02holds00:50no26 Oct
London11:29 → 12:4823:44holds23:47no26 Oct
Durban12:29 → 14:4800:26holds01:03no26 Oct
Dubai14:29 → 16:4823:42holds00:33no26 Oct
Delhi15:59 → 18:1823:37holds00:29no26 Oct
Kolkata15:59 → 18:1822:59holds23:49no26 Oct
Singapore18:29 → 20:4800:49holds01:35no26 Oct
Sydney21:29 → 23:4801:19holds01:55no26 Oct
Suva22:29 → 01:4800:05holds01:46holds27 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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