Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2096

Tuesday 6 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Aṣṭamī reaches moonrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

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 6 November

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither moonrise; this is the day it falls on.

22:45 moonrise
Aṣṭamī begins 23:19:29
21:3321:5722:2122:4523:0923:3323:57

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 7 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:54 moonrise
22:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:06

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 23:19 on Tue 6 Nov to 22:31 on Wed 7 Nov.

    2096-11-06T15:19:29Z → 2096-11-07T14:30:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:45 on the 6th and 23:54 on the 7th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

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

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither moonrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 2071 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2096: Tuesday 6 November.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2096 falls on Tuesday 6 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:19 on Tue 6 Nov to 22:31 on Wed 7 Nov, and is current at moonrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:19 → 06:3123:17holds00:21no6 Nov
Chicago09:19 → 08:3122:48holds23:58no6 Nov
Jersey City10:19 → 09:3122:55holds00:04no6 Nov
Port of Spain11:19 → 10:3100:04holds00:58no6 Nov
London15:19 → 14:3122:03holds23:23no6 Nov
Durban17:19 → 16:3100:53holds01:32no6 Nov
Dubai19:19 → 18:3123:31holds00:33no6 Nov
Delhi20:49 → 20:0123:22holds00:25no6 Nov
Kolkata20:49 → 20:0122:49holds23:49no6 Nov
Singapore23:19 → 22:3100:53holds01:46no6 Nov
Sydney02:19 → 01:3101:48no02:27no6 Nov
Suva03:19 → 02:3100:20no01:06holds7 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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