Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1903

Saturday 12 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 581 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 Saturday 12 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:38 moonrise
20:2620:5021:1421:3822:0222:2622:50

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 13 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

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

Absent at moonrise

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMoonrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:57 on Sat 12 Sep to 11:15 on Sun 13 Sep.

    1903-09-12T03:56:38Z → 1903-09-13T03:14:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:38 on the 12th and 22:24 on the 13th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 12th and is not on the 13th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 34879 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1903: Saturday 12 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1903 falls on Saturday 12 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:57 on Sat 12 Sep to 11:15 on Sun 13 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1903/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 Sep
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/chandra-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Moonrise
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 6 Candra sasthi (Sasthi current at moon-rise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMoonrise 12thCoveredMoonrise 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:57 → 19:1521:51no22:41no11 Sep
Chicago21:57 → 21:1521:29no22:17no11 Sep
Jersey City22:57 → 22:1521:36holds22:24no12 Sep
Port of Spain23:57 → 23:1522:30holds23:23no12 Sep
London03:57 → 03:1521:04holds21:47no12 Sep
Durban05:57 → 05:1522:58holds23:56no12 Sep
Dubai07:38 → 06:5621:49holds22:38no12 Sep
Delhi09:18 → 08:3621:53holds22:42no12 Sep
Kolkata09:18 → 08:3621:16holds22:05no12 Sep
Singapore10:52 → 10:1022:11holds23:04no12 Sep
Sydney13:57 → 13:1522:44holds23:43no12 Sep
Suva15:52 → 15:1022:23holds23:20no12 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
chandra-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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