Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2050

Sunday 6 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 369 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 Saturday 5 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:56 moonrise
21:4422:0822:3222:5623:2023:4400:08

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 6 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:53 moonrise
22:4123:0523:2923:5300:1700:4101:05

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 05:05 on Sun 6 Nov to 06:58 on Mon 7 Nov.

    2050-11-05T21:04:43Z → 2050-11-06T22:57:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:56 on the 5th and 23:53 on the 6th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 5th and is on the 6th.

    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 22128 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2050: Sunday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2050 falls on Sunday 6 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:05 on Sun 6 Nov to 06:58 on Mon 7 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2050/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 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 5thCoveredMoonrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:05 → 14:5800:14holds00:09no5 Nov
Chicago16:05 → 16:5823:56holds23:54no5 Nov
Jersey City17:05 → 17:5800:01holds23:59no5 Nov
Port of Spain17:05 → 18:5823:44holds00:31no5 Nov
London21:05 → 22:5822:32holds23:36no5 Nov
Durban23:05 → 00:5800:04holds00:40holds6 Nov
Dubai01:05 → 02:5823:25no00:17holds6 Nov
Delhi02:35 → 04:2823:20no00:13holds6 Nov
Kolkata02:35 → 04:2822:41no23:33holds6 Nov
Singapore05:05 → 06:5800:30no01:15holds6 Nov
Sydney08:05 → 09:5800:56no01:32holds6 Nov
Suva09:05 → 10:5823:43no00:24holds6 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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