Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2070

Sunday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 376 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 Saturday 25 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:38 moonrise
21:2621:5022:1422:3823:0223:2623:50

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 26 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:43 moonrise
22:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:55

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 07:45 on Sun 26 Oct to 05:59 on Mon 27 Oct.

    2070-10-25T23:45:11Z → 2070-10-26T21:58:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:38 on the 25th and 23:43 on the 26th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 25th and is on the 26th.

    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 22560 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2070: Sunday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2070 falls on Sunday 26 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:45 on Sun 26 Oct to 05:59 on Mon 27 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2070/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 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 25thCoveredMoonrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:45 → 14:5900:03holds01:06no25 Oct
Chicago18:45 → 16:5923:41holds00:47no25 Oct
Jersey City19:45 → 17:5923:46holds00:52no25 Oct
Port of Spain19:45 → 17:5923:38holds00:34no25 Oct
London00:45 → 21:5923:10no23:21no25 Oct
Durban01:45 → 23:5900:05no00:52no25 Oct
Dubai03:45 → 01:5923:13no00:13holds26 Oct
Delhi05:15 → 03:2923:06no00:07holds26 Oct
Kolkata05:15 → 03:2922:28no23:28holds26 Oct
Singapore07:45 → 05:5900:21no01:17holds26 Oct
Sydney10:45 → 08:5900:55no01:42holds26 Oct
Suva11:45 → 09:5923:37no00:28holds26 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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