Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1904

Friday 30 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 677 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 30 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:34 moonrise
20:2220:4621:1021:3421:5822:2222:46

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 1 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:22 moonrise
21:1021:3421:5822:2222:4623:1023:34

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 10:18 on Fri 30 Sep to 10:35 on Sat 1 Oct.

    1904-09-30T02:17:47Z → 1904-10-01T02:34:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:34 on the 30th and 22:22 on the 1st.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 30th and is not on the 1st.

    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 40600 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1904: Friday 30 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1904 falls on Friday 30 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:18 on Fri 30 Sep to 10:35 on Sat 1 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1904/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 30 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 30thCoveredMoonrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:18 → 18:3521:50no22:42no29 Sep
Chicago20:18 → 20:3521:26no22:17no29 Sep
Jersey City21:18 → 21:3521:33holds22:24no30 Sep
Port of Spain22:18 → 22:3522:32holds23:25no30 Sep
London02:18 → 02:3520:57holds21:45no30 Sep
Durban04:18 → 04:3523:07holds00:01no30 Sep
Dubai05:59 → 06:1621:49holds22:39no30 Sep
Delhi07:39 → 07:5621:52holds22:42no30 Sep
Kolkata07:39 → 07:5621:16holds22:06no30 Sep
Singapore09:13 → 09:3022:15holds23:07no30 Sep
Sydney12:18 → 12:3522:55holds23:50no30 Sep
Suva14:13 → 14:3022:31holds23:25no30 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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