Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2075

Thursday 31 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 Thursday 31 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:56 moonrise
21:4422:0822:3222:5623:2023:4400:08

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 1 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:54 moonrise
22:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:06

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 18:11 on Thu 31 Oct to 20:38 on Fri 1 Nov.

    2075-10-31T10:10:52Z → 2075-11-01T12:37:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:56 on the 31st and 23:54 on the 1st.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 31st and is not on the 1st.

    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 11748 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2075: Thursday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2075 falls on Thursday 31 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:11 on Thu 31 Oct to 20:38 on Fri 1 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2075/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 31 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 31stCoveredMoonrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:11 → 05:3800:19holds01:16no31 Oct
Chicago05:11 → 07:3823:53holds00:53no31 Oct
Jersey City06:11 → 08:3823:59holds00:59no31 Oct
Port of Spain06:11 → 08:3800:07holds00:56no31 Oct
London10:11 → 12:3822:13holds23:18no31 Oct
Durban12:11 → 14:3800:53holds01:32no31 Oct
Dubai14:11 → 16:3823:38holds00:31no31 Oct
Delhi15:41 → 18:0823:30holds00:24no31 Oct
Kolkata15:41 → 18:0822:56holds23:48no31 Oct
Singapore18:11 → 20:3800:58holds01:45no31 Oct
Sydney21:11 → 23:3801:48holds02:27no31 Oct
Suva22:11 → 00:3800:22holds01:06no31 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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