Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2065

Thursday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 527 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 Wednesday 21 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:22 moonrise
21:1021:3421:5822:2222:4623:1023:34

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 22 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:24 moonrise
22:1222:3623:0023:2423:4800:1200:36

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 07:09 on Thu 22 Oct to 08:28 on Fri 23 Oct.

    2065-10-21T23:08:35Z → 2065-10-23T00:28:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:22 on the 21st and 23:24 on the 22nd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 21st and is on the 22nd.

    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 31620 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2065: Thursday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2065 falls on Thursday 22 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:09 on Thu 22 Oct to 08:28 on Fri 23 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2065/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 21stCoveredMoonrise 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:09 → 17:2823:48holds01:51no21 Oct
Chicago18:09 → 19:2823:20holds01:32no21 Oct
Jersey City19:09 → 20:2823:27holds01:37no21 Oct
Port of Spain19:09 → 20:2823:36holds01:18no21 Oct
London00:09 → 01:2822:38no01:06no22 Oct
Durban01:09 → 02:2800:25no01:38no22 Oct
Dubai03:09 → 04:2823:06no00:59no22 Oct
Delhi04:39 → 05:5822:57no00:53no22 Oct
Kolkata04:39 → 05:5822:23no00:14no22 Oct
Singapore07:09 → 08:2800:27no02:04no22 Oct
Sydney10:09 → 11:2801:20no02:32no22 Oct
Suva11:09 → 12:2823:53no01:18no22 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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