Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2047

Saturday 12 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 69 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 11 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:31 moonrise
Aṣṭamī begins 23:40:23
21:1921:4322:0722:3122:5523:1923:43

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 12 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:33 moonrise
22:2122:4523:0923:3323:5700:2100:45

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 23:40 on Fri 11 Oct to 00:52 on Sun 13 Oct.

    2047-10-11T15:40:24Z → 2047-10-12T16:52:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:31 on the 11th and 23:33 on the 12th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 11th and is on the 12th.

    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 4134 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2047: Saturday 12 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2047 falls on Saturday 12 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:40 on Fri 11 Oct to 00:52 on Sun 13 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2047/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 11thCoveredMoonrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:40 → 09:5223:58holds00:59no11 Oct
Chicago10:40 → 11:5223:29holds00:34no11 Oct
Jersey City11:40 → 12:5223:36holds00:40no11 Oct
Port of Spain11:40 → 12:5223:48holds00:41no11 Oct
London16:40 → 17:5222:46holds23:57no11 Oct
Durban17:40 → 18:5200:38holds01:19no11 Oct
Dubai19:40 → 20:5223:16holds00:13no11 Oct
Delhi21:10 → 22:2223:07holds00:05no11 Oct
Kolkata21:10 → 22:2222:34holds23:30no11 Oct
Singapore23:40 → 00:5200:39holds01:29no11 Oct
Sydney02:40 → 03:5201:33no02:14holds12 Oct
Suva03:40 → 04:5200:06no00:51holds12 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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