Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2028

Wednesday 11 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 494 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 Tuesday 10 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:06 moonrise
20:5421:1821:4222:0622:3022:5423:18

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 11 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:12 moonrise
22:0022:2422:4823:1223:3600:0000:24

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 08:18 on Wed 11 Oct to 07:26 on Thu 12 Oct.

    2028-10-11T00:18:17Z → 2028-10-11T23:25:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:06 on the 10th and 23:12 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 29640 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2028: Wednesday 11 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2028 falls on Wednesday 11 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:18 on Wed 11 Oct to 07:26 on Thu 12 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 11thCoveredMoonrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:18 → 16:2600:43no01:51no10 Oct
Chicago19:18 → 18:2600:15no01:29no10 Oct
Jersey City20:18 → 19:2600:21no01:34no10 Oct
Port of Spain20:18 → 19:2600:27no01:25no10 Oct
London01:18 → 00:2623:33holds00:55no11 Oct
Durban02:18 → 01:2601:11holds01:53no11 Oct
Dubai04:18 → 03:2623:56holds00:59no11 Oct
Delhi05:48 → 04:5623:47holds00:51no11 Oct
Kolkata05:48 → 04:5623:13holds00:15no11 Oct
Singapore08:18 → 07:2601:15holds02:09no11 Oct
Sydney11:18 → 10:2602:05holds02:46no11 Oct
Suva12:18 → 11:2600:39holds01:27no11 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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