Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2095

Thursday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 54 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 19 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 20 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

23:27 moonrise
Aṣṭamī ends 00:21:43
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 00:09 on Thu 20 Oct to 00:22 on Fri 21 Oct.

    2095-10-19T16:08:56Z → 2095-10-20T16:21:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:26 on the 19th and 23:27 on the 20th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 19th and is on the 20th.

    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 3269 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2095: Thursday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2095 falls on Thursday 20 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:09 on Thu 20 Oct to 00:22 on Fri 21 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 20 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 19thCoveredMoonrise 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:09 → 09:2223:55holds00:55no19 Oct
Chicago11:09 → 11:2223:22holds00:26no19 Oct
Jersey City12:09 → 12:2223:30holds00:33no19 Oct
Port of Spain12:09 → 12:2223:52holds00:46no19 Oct
London17:09 → 17:2222:32holds23:40no19 Oct
Durban18:09 → 18:2200:52holds01:39no19 Oct
Dubai20:09 → 20:2223:15holds00:13no19 Oct
Delhi21:39 → 21:5223:05holds00:04no19 Oct
Kolkata21:39 → 21:5222:34holds23:31no19 Oct
Singapore00:09 → 00:2200:43holds01:37no19 Oct
Sydney03:09 → 03:2201:46no02:34holds20 Oct
Suva04:09 → 04:2200:13no01:05holds20 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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