Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2071

Friday 16 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 164 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 Thursday 15 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:39 moonrise
21:2721:5122:1522:3923:0323:2723:51

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 16 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:42 moonrise
22:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:3000:54

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 04:35 on Fri 16 Oct to 02:26 on Sat 17 Oct.

    2071-10-15T20:34:57Z → 2071-10-16T18:26:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:39 on the 15th and 23:42 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 9856 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2071: Friday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2071 falls on Friday 16 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:35 on Fri 16 Oct to 02:26 on Sat 17 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2071/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 Angeles13:35 → 11:2600:04holds01:07no15 Oct
Chicago15:35 → 13:2623:40holds00:46no15 Oct
Jersey City16:35 → 14:2623:46holds00:51no15 Oct
Port of Spain16:35 → 14:2623:43holds00:41no15 Oct
London21:35 → 19:2623:06holds00:15no15 Oct
Durban22:35 → 20:2600:15holds01:07no15 Oct
Dubai00:35 → 22:2623:16no00:16no15 Oct
Delhi02:05 → 23:5623:08no00:09no15 Oct
Kolkata02:05 → 23:5622:32no23:32holds16 Oct
Singapore04:35 → 02:2600:27no01:24holds16 Oct
Sydney07:35 → 05:2601:04no01:56holds16 Oct
Suva08:35 → 06:2623:44no00:39holds16 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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