Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2035

Tuesday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 309 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 23 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:07 moonrise
21:5522:1922:4323:0723:3123:5500:19

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 24 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

00:11 moonrise
22:5923:2323:4700:1100:3500:5901:23

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 17:58 on Tue 23 Oct to 16:00 on Wed 24 Oct.

    2035-10-23T09:57:41Z → 2035-10-24T08:00:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 23:07 on the 23rd and 00:11 on the 24th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 23rd and is not on the 24th.

    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 18532 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2035: Tuesday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2035 falls on Tuesday 23 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:58 on Tue 23 Oct to 16:00 on Wed 24 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2035/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 23rdCoveredMoonrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:58 → 01:0000:32holds01:36no23 Oct
Chicago04:58 → 03:0000:09holds01:15no23 Oct
Jersey City05:58 → 04:0000:15holds01:20no23 Oct
Port of Spain05:58 → 04:0000:10holds01:08no23 Oct
London10:58 → 09:0023:35holds00:46no23 Oct
Durban11:58 → 10:0000:42holds01:31no23 Oct
Dubai13:58 → 12:0023:43holds00:44no23 Oct
Delhi15:28 → 13:3023:36holds00:38no23 Oct
Kolkata15:28 → 13:3022:59holds00:00no23 Oct
Singapore17:58 → 16:0000:55holds01:51no23 Oct
Sydney20:58 → 19:0001:32holds02:21no23 Oct
Suva21:58 → 20:0000:12holds01:05no23 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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