Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2056

Tuesday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 690 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 Tuesday 31 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:15 moonrise
22:0322:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:27

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 1 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

00:17 moonrise
23:0523:2923:5300:1700:4101:0501:29

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 11:45 on Tue 31 Oct to 12:28 on Wed 1 Nov.

    2056-10-31T03:44:46Z → 2056-11-01T04:27:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 23:15 on the 31st and 00:17 on the 1st.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 31st and is not on the 1st.

    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 41421 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2056: Tuesday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2056 falls on Tuesday 31 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:45 on Tue 31 Oct to 12:28 on Wed 1 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 31 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 31stCoveredMoonrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:45 → 21:2800:40no01:43no30 Oct
Chicago22:45 → 23:2800:15no01:21no30 Oct
Jersey City23:45 → 00:2800:21holds01:26no31 Oct
Port of Spain23:45 → 00:2800:23holds01:17no31 Oct
London03:45 → 04:2822:37holds23:49no31 Oct
Durban05:45 → 06:2801:04holds01:46no31 Oct
Dubai07:45 → 08:2823:55holds00:53no31 Oct
Delhi09:15 → 09:5823:47holds00:46no31 Oct
Kolkata09:15 → 09:5823:12holds00:09no31 Oct
Singapore11:45 → 12:2801:12holds02:03no31 Oct
Sydney14:45 → 15:2801:57holds02:38no31 Oct
Suva15:45 → 16:2800:34holds01:20no31 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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