Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2077

Sunday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 552 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 6 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:23 moonrise
21:1121:3521:5922:2322:4723:1123:35

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 7 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

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

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 07:36 on Sun 7 Nov to 08:54 on Mon 8 Nov.

    2077-11-06T23:35:32Z → 2077-11-08T00:54:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:23 on the 6th and 23:27 on the 7th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 6th and is on the 7th.

    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 33128 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2077: Sunday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2077 falls on Sunday 7 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:36 on Sun 7 Nov to 08:54 on Mon 8 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2077/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredMoonrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:36 → 16:5423:52holds00:50no6 Nov
Chicago18:36 → 18:5423:22holds00:30no6 Nov
Jersey City19:36 → 19:5423:29holds00:35no6 Nov
Port of Spain19:36 → 20:5423:44holds01:22no6 Nov
London23:36 → 00:5421:36no00:01no7 Nov
Durban01:36 → 02:5400:37no01:49no7 Nov
Dubai03:36 → 04:5423:10no01:02no7 Nov
Delhi05:06 → 06:2423:01no00:55no7 Nov
Kolkata05:06 → 06:2422:28no00:18no7 Nov
Singapore07:36 → 08:5400:35no02:11no7 Nov
Sydney10:36 → 11:5401:33no02:45no7 Nov
Suva11:36 → 12:5400:03no01:28no7 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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