Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2060

Saturday 16 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 434 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 15 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:56 moonrise
20:4421:0821:3221:5622:2022:4423:08

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 16 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:02 moonrise
21:5022:1422:3823:0223:2623:5000:14

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 06:55 on Sat 16 Oct to 06:16 on Sun 17 Oct.

    2060-10-15T22:55:00Z → 2060-10-16T22:16:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:56 on the 15th and 23:02 on the 16th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 15th and is on the 16th.

    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 26034 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2060: Saturday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2060 falls on Saturday 16 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:55 on Sat 16 Oct to 06:16 on Sun 17 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2060/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 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 15thCoveredMoonrise 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:55 → 15:1623:30holds00:36no15 Oct
Chicago17:55 → 17:1622:53holds00:03no15 Oct
Jersey City18:55 → 18:1623:01holds00:10no15 Oct
Port of Spain18:55 → 18:1623:34holds00:32no15 Oct
London23:55 → 23:1621:53no23:09holds16 Oct
Durban00:55 → 00:1600:45no01:34no15 Oct
Dubai02:55 → 02:1622:52no23:54holds16 Oct
Delhi04:25 → 03:4622:40no23:44holds16 Oct
Kolkata04:25 → 03:4622:11no23:13holds16 Oct
Singapore06:55 → 06:1600:26no01:24holds16 Oct
Sydney09:55 → 09:1601:39no02:30holds16 Oct
Suva10:55 → 10:1600:00no00:55holds16 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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