Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) · 2039

Wednesday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 25 s.

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 8 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:49 moonrise
Aṣṭamī begins 22:57:10
21:3722:0122:2522:4923:1323:3700:01

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 9 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:50 moonrise
Aṣṭamī ends 00:24:29
22:3823:0223:2623:5000:1400:3801:02

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 22:57 on Tue 8 Nov to 00:24 on Thu 10 Nov.

    2039-11-08T14:57:11Z → 2039-11-09T16:24:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:49 on the 8th and 23:50 on the 9th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 8th and is on the 9th.

    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 505 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2039: Wednesday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī (Ahoi Ashtami) 2039 falls on Wednesday 9 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:57 on Tue 8 Nov to 00:24 on Thu 10 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2039/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 Nov
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 8thCoveredMoonrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:57 → 08:2423:15holds00:15no8 Nov
Chicago08:57 → 10:2422:48holds23:52no8 Nov
Jersey City09:57 → 11:2422:54holds23:58no8 Nov
Port of Spain10:57 → 12:2400:02holds00:53no8 Nov
London14:57 → 16:2422:06holds23:18no8 Nov
Durban16:57 → 18:2400:49holds01:26no8 Nov
Dubai18:57 → 20:2423:32holds00:28no8 Nov
Delhi20:27 → 21:5423:23holds00:20no8 Nov
Kolkata20:27 → 21:5422:50holds23:44no8 Nov
Singapore22:57 → 00:2400:53holds01:41no8 Nov
Sydney01:57 → 03:2401:44no02:21holds9 Nov
Suva02:57 → 04:2400:18no01:01holds9 Nov
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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