Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2098

Friday 17 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 529 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 Friday 17 October

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:46 moonrise
21:3421:5822:2222:4623:1023:3423:58

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 18 October

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

00:00 moonrise
22:4823:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:12

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 13:57 on Fri 17 Oct to 11:57 on Sat 18 Oct.

    2098-10-17T05:56:30Z → 2098-10-18T03:57:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:46 on the 17th and 00:00 on the 18th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 17th and is not on the 18th.

    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 31750 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Baoding, 2098: Friday 17 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2098 falls on Friday 17 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:57 on Fri 17 Oct to 11:57 on Sat 18 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2098/ahoyi-ashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 17 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 17 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 17 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 17thCoveredMoonrise 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:57 → 20:5700:23no01:36no16 Oct
Chicago00:57 → 22:5723:49no01:07no16 Oct
Jersey City01:57 → 23:5723:56holds01:13no17 Oct
Port of Spain01:57 → 23:5700:20no01:21no16 Oct
London06:57 → 04:5722:53holds00:21no17 Oct
Durban07:57 → 05:5701:22holds02:07no17 Oct
Dubai09:57 → 07:5723:40holds00:47no17 Oct
Delhi11:27 → 09:2723:28holds00:38no17 Oct
Kolkata11:27 → 09:2722:58holds00:04no17 Oct
Singapore13:57 → 11:5701:09holds02:08no17 Oct
Sydney16:57 → 14:5702:17holds03:02no17 Oct
Suva17:57 → 15:5700:41holds01:34no17 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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