Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2089

Wednesday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 618 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 Wednesday 26 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:28 moonrise
22:1622:4023:0423:2823:5200:1600:40

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 27 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

00:35 moonrise
23:2323:4700:1100:3500:5901:2301:47

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 13:11 on Wed 26 Oct to 11:04 on Thu 27 Oct.

    2089-10-26T05:10:38Z → 2089-10-27T03:04:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 23:28 on the 26th and 00:35 on the 27th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 26th and is not on the 27th.

    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 37051 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2089: Wednesday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2089 falls on Wednesday 26 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:11 on Wed 26 Oct to 11:04 on Thu 27 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2089/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 26thCoveredMoonrise 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:11 → 20:0400:53no01:58no25 Oct
Chicago00:11 → 22:0400:33no01:42no25 Oct
Jersey City01:11 → 23:0400:38no01:46no25 Oct
Port of Spain01:11 → 23:0400:23no01:20no25 Oct
London06:11 → 04:0400:05holds01:19no26 Oct
Durban07:11 → 05:0400:43holds01:29no26 Oct
Dubai09:11 → 07:0400:00holds01:02no26 Oct
Delhi10:41 → 08:3423:54holds00:57no26 Oct
Kolkata10:41 → 08:3423:15holds00:16no26 Oct
Singapore13:11 → 11:0401:05holds02:00no26 Oct
Sydney16:11 → 14:0401:33holds02:18no26 Oct
Suva17:11 → 15:0400:18holds01:08no26 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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