Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2069

Tuesday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 395 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 5 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:27 moonrise
22:1522:3923:0323:2723:5100:1500:39

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 6 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

00:28 moonrise
23:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:1601:40

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 16:52 on Tue 5 Nov to 16:42 on Wed 6 Nov.

    2069-11-05T08:51:39Z → 2069-11-06T08:41:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 23:27 on the 5th and 00:28 on the 6th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 5th and is not on the 6th.

    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 23701 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2069: Tuesday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2069 falls on Tuesday 5 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:52 on Tue 5 Nov to 16:42 on Wed 6 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2069/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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 5thCoveredMoonrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:52 → 00:4223:47holds00:44no5 Nov
Chicago02:52 → 02:4223:30holds00:32no5 Nov
Jersey City03:52 → 03:4223:35holds00:36no5 Nov
Port of Spain04:52 → 04:4200:12holds01:02no5 Nov
London08:52 → 08:4223:08holds00:16no5 Nov
Durban10:52 → 10:4200:25holds01:03no5 Nov
Dubai12:52 → 12:4223:54holds00:49no5 Nov
Delhi14:22 → 14:1223:49holds00:46no5 Nov
Kolkata14:22 → 14:1223:09holds00:04no5 Nov
Singapore16:52 → 16:4200:55holds01:43no5 Nov
Sydney19:52 → 19:4201:16holds01:54no5 Nov
Suva20:52 → 20:4200:05holds00:49no5 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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