Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2054

Friday 23 October

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Aṣṭamī reaches moonrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

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 23 October

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither moonrise; this is the day it falls on.

22:51 moonrise
Aṣṭamī begins 23:29:42
21:3922:0322:2722:5123:1523:3900:03

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 24 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:55 moonrise
22:4323:0723:3123:5500:1900:4301:07

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 23:30 on Fri 23 Oct to 21:45 on Sat 24 Oct.

    2054-10-23T15:29:43Z → 2054-10-24T13:45:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:51 on the 23rd and 23:55 on the 24th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 23rd and is not on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither moonrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 2346 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2054: Friday 23 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2054 falls on Friday 23 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:30 on Fri 23 Oct to 21:45 on Sat 24 Oct, and is current at moonrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2054/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 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 23rdCoveredMoonrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:30 → 06:4500:16holds01:21no23 Oct
Chicago10:30 → 08:4523:52holds00:59no23 Oct
Jersey City11:30 → 09:4523:58holds01:04no23 Oct
Port of Spain11:30 → 09:4523:57holds00:55no23 Oct
London16:30 → 14:4523:16holds00:27no23 Oct
Durban17:30 → 15:4500:32holds01:22no23 Oct
Dubai19:30 → 17:4523:29holds00:30no23 Oct
Delhi21:00 → 19:1523:21holds00:23no23 Oct
Kolkata21:00 → 19:1522:45holds23:45no23 Oct
Singapore23:30 → 21:4500:42holds01:38no23 Oct
Sydney02:30 → 00:4501:22no02:12no23 Oct
Suva03:30 → 01:4500:00no00:54holds24 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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