Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2092

Thursday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 641 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 22 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:26 moonrise
21:1421:3822:0222:2622:5023:1423:38

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 23 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:19 moonrise
22:0722:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:31

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 09:07 on Thu 23 Oct to 11:04 on Fri 24 Oct.

    2092-10-23T01:06:32Z → 2092-10-24T03:03:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:26 on the 22nd and 23:19 on the 23rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 22nd and is on the 23rd.

    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 38431 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2092: Thursday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2092 falls on Thursday 23 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:07 on Thu 23 Oct to 11:04 on Fri 24 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2092/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 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 23rdCoveredMoonrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:07 → 20:0400:41no01:38no22 Oct
Chicago20:07 → 22:0400:16no01:16no22 Oct
Jersey City21:07 → 23:0400:23no01:22no22 Oct
Port of Spain21:07 → 23:0400:23no01:14no22 Oct
London02:07 → 04:0423:42holds00:46no23 Oct
Durban03:07 → 05:0401:00holds01:43no23 Oct
Dubai05:07 → 07:0423:57holds00:50no23 Oct
Delhi06:37 → 08:3423:49holds00:44no23 Oct
Kolkata06:37 → 08:3423:14holds00:07no23 Oct
Singapore09:07 → 11:0401:12holds02:00no23 Oct
Sydney12:07 → 14:0401:53holds02:35no23 Oct
Suva13:07 → 15:0400:32holds01:18no23 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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