Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2036

Sunday 12 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 482 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 Sunday 12 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:03 moonrise
21:5122:1522:3923:0323:2723:5100:15

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 13 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 15:01 on Sun 12 Oct to 13:13 on Mon 13 Oct.

    2036-10-12T07:01:24Z → 2036-10-13T05:13:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 23:03 on the 12th and 00:07 on the 13th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 12th and is not on the 13th.

    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 28912 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2036: Sunday 12 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2036 falls on Sunday 12 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:01 on Sun 12 Oct to 13:13 on Mon 13 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 12 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 12 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 12 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 12thCoveredMoonrise 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:01 → 22:1300:30no01:34no11 Oct
Chicago02:01 → 00:1300:03holds01:10no12 Oct
Jersey City03:01 → 01:1300:09holds01:16no12 Oct
Port of Spain03:01 → 01:1300:14holds01:13no12 Oct
London08:01 → 06:1323:25holds00:34no12 Oct
Durban09:01 → 07:1300:54holds01:47no12 Oct
Dubai11:01 → 09:1323:44holds00:45no12 Oct
Delhi12:31 → 10:4323:35holds00:37no12 Oct
Kolkata12:31 → 10:4323:00holds00:01no12 Oct
Singapore15:01 → 13:1301:00holds01:57no12 Oct
Sydney18:01 → 16:1301:44holds02:37no12 Oct
Suva19:01 → 17:1300:20holds01:16no12 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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