Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2053

Monday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 41 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 2 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:53 moonrise
21:4122:0522:2922:5323:1723:4100:05

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 3 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:59 moonrise
Aṣṭamī ends 00:40:05
22:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:11

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 02:38 on Mon 3 Nov to 00:40 on Tue 4 Nov.

    2053-11-02T18:38:13Z → 2053-11-03T16:40:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:53 on the 2nd and 23:59 on the 3rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 2nd and is on the 3rd.

    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 2455 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2053: Monday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2053 falls on Monday 3 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:38 on Mon 3 Nov to 00:40 on Tue 4 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 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 2ndCoveredMoonrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:38 → 08:4023:19holds00:23no2 Nov
Chicago12:38 → 10:4022:57holds00:05no2 Nov
Jersey City13:38 → 11:4023:03holds00:09no2 Nov
Port of Spain14:38 → 12:4023:53holds00:50no2 Nov
London18:38 → 16:4022:26holds23:39no2 Nov
Durban20:38 → 18:4000:18holds01:05no2 Nov
Dubai22:38 → 20:4023:28holds00:29no2 Nov
Delhi00:08 → 22:1023:21no00:23no2 Nov
Kolkata00:08 → 22:1022:44no23:44no2 Nov
Singapore02:38 → 00:4000:36no01:31no2 Nov
Sydney05:38 → 03:4001:08no01:55holds3 Nov
Suva06:38 → 04:4023:51no00:42holds3 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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