Ruling · Ahoyī Aṣṭamī · 2012

Tuesday 6 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 137 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two moonrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.

Moonrise of Tuesday 6 November

Taken. The only moonrise Aṣṭamī holds at.

22:24 moonrise
21:1221:3622:0022:2422:4823:1223:36

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 7 November

Aṣṭamī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:30 moonrise
22:1822:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:42

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 20:07 on Tue 6 Nov to 20:52 on Wed 7 Nov.

    2012-11-06T12:07:23Z → 2012-11-07T12:52:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:24 on the 6th and 23:30 on the 7th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

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

    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 8223 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ahoyī Aṣṭamī, Daqing, 2012: Tuesday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Ahoyī Aṣṭamī 2012 falls on Tuesday 6 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:07 on Tue 6 Nov to 20:52 on Wed 7 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2012/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 Daqing.

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 Angeles04:07 → 04:5223:37holds00:37no6 Nov
Chicago06:07 → 06:5223:20holds00:24no6 Nov
Jersey City07:07 → 07:5223:25holds00:28no6 Nov
Port of Spain08:07 → 08:5200:03holds00:53no6 Nov
London12:07 → 12:5222:57holds00:07no6 Nov
Durban14:07 → 14:5200:18holds00:54no6 Nov
Dubai16:07 → 16:5223:46holds00:41no6 Nov
Delhi17:37 → 18:2223:41holds00:37no6 Nov
Kolkata17:37 → 18:2223:01holds23:55no6 Nov
Singapore20:07 → 20:5200:48holds01:35no6 Nov
Sydney23:07 → 23:5201:10holds01:45no6 Nov
Suva01:07 → 01:5200:59no01:40holds7 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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