Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2030

Saturday 19 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 685 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 18 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:25 moonrise
21:1321:3722:0122:2522:4923:1323:37

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 19 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:22 moonrise
22:1022:3422:5823:2223:4600:1000:34

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 09:50 on Sat 19 Oct to 11:42 on Sun 20 Oct.

    2030-10-19T01:49:35Z → 2030-10-20T03:42:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:25 on the 18th and 23:22 on the 19th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 18th and is on the 19th.

    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 41103 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2030: Saturday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2030 falls on Saturday 19 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:50 on Sat 19 Oct to 11:42 on Sun 20 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2030/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 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 19thCoveredMoonrise 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:50 → 20:4200:43no01:41no18 Oct
Chicago20:50 → 22:4200:21no01:23no18 Oct
Jersey City21:50 → 23:4200:27no01:28no18 Oct
Port of Spain21:50 → 23:4200:19no01:08no18 Oct
London02:50 → 04:4223:51holds00:59no19 Oct
Durban03:50 → 05:4200:48holds01:25no19 Oct
Dubai05:50 → 07:4223:56holds00:50no19 Oct
Delhi07:20 → 09:1223:49holds00:45no19 Oct
Kolkata07:20 → 09:1223:13holds00:06no19 Oct
Singapore09:50 → 11:4201:07holds01:53no19 Oct
Sydney12:50 → 14:4201:42holds02:18no19 Oct
Suva13:50 → 15:4200:25holds01:06no19 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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