Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2085

Wednesday 10 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 607 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 Tuesday 9 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:15 moonrise
21:0321:2721:5122:1522:3923:0323:27

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 10 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:13 moonrise
22:0122:2522:4923:1323:3700:0100:25

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 08:22 on Wed 10 Oct to 10:09 on Thu 11 Oct.

    2085-10-10T00:21:37Z → 2085-10-11T02:08:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:15 on the 9th and 23:13 on the 10th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 9th and is on the 10th.

    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 36413 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2085: Wednesday 10 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2085 falls on Wednesday 10 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:22 on Wed 10 Oct to 10:09 on Thu 11 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2085/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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 10thCoveredMoonrise 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:22 → 19:0900:37no01:33no9 Oct
Chicago19:22 → 21:0900:12no01:12no9 Oct
Jersey City20:22 → 22:0900:18no01:18no9 Oct
Port of Spain20:22 → 22:0900:20no01:08no9 Oct
London01:22 → 03:0923:35holds00:42no10 Oct
Durban02:22 → 04:0901:00holds01:37no10 Oct
Dubai04:22 → 06:0923:53holds00:46no10 Oct
Delhi05:52 → 07:3923:45holds00:40no10 Oct
Kolkata05:52 → 07:3923:10holds00:03no10 Oct
Singapore08:22 → 10:0901:10holds01:56no10 Oct
Sydney11:22 → 13:0901:55holds02:32no10 Oct
Suva12:22 → 14:0900:32holds01:15no10 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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