Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2074

Saturday 13 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 196 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 12 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:33 moonrise
21:2121:4522:0922:3322:5723:2123:45

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 13 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:25 moonrise
22:1322:3723:0123:2523:4900:1300:37

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 01:49 on Sat 13 Oct to 03:39 on Sun 14 Oct.

    2074-10-12T17:48:41Z → 2074-10-13T19:39:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:33 on the 12th and 23:25 on the 13th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 12th and is on the 13th.

    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 11741 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2074: Saturday 13 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2074 falls on Saturday 13 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:49 on Sat 13 Oct to 03:39 on Sun 14 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 12thCoveredMoonrise 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:49 → 12:3923:53holds00:48no12 Oct
Chicago12:49 → 14:3923:26holds00:21no12 Oct
Jersey City13:49 → 15:3923:33holds00:28no12 Oct
Port of Spain13:49 → 15:3923:44holds00:35no12 Oct
London18:49 → 20:3922:47holds23:43no12 Oct
Durban19:49 → 21:3900:32holds01:19no12 Oct
Dubai21:49 → 23:3923:14holds00:06no12 Oct
Delhi23:19 → 01:0923:06no23:58holds13 Oct
Kolkata23:19 → 01:0922:32no23:23holds13 Oct
Singapore01:49 → 03:3900:35no01:24holds13 Oct
Sydney04:49 → 06:3901:24no02:12holds13 Oct
Suva05:49 → 07:3923:59no00:48holds13 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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