Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1905

Tuesday 19 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 374 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 Tuesday 19 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:33 moonrise
20:2120:4521:0921:3321:5722:2122:45

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 20 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:12 moonrise
21:0021:2421:4822:1222:3623:0023:24

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 13:52 on Tue 19 Sep to 15:58 on Wed 20 Sep.

    1905-09-19T05:51:39Z → 1905-09-20T07:57:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:33 on the 19th and 22:12 on the 20th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 19th and is not on the 20th.

    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 22430 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1905: Tuesday 19 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1905 falls on Tuesday 19 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:52 on Tue 19 Sep to 15:58 on Wed 20 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1905/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 19 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 19 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 19 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 19thCoveredMoonrise 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:52 → 23:5821:42holds22:24no19 Sep
Chicago23:52 → 01:5821:21holds22:01no19 Sep
Jersey City00:52 → 02:5821:27holds22:08no19 Sep
Port of Spain01:52 → 03:5822:22holds23:08no19 Sep
London05:52 → 07:5820:57holds21:32no19 Sep
Durban07:52 → 09:5822:51holds23:43no19 Sep
Dubai09:33 → 11:3921:43holds22:25no19 Sep
Delhi11:13 → 13:1921:48holds22:29no19 Sep
Kolkata11:13 → 13:1921:10holds21:53no19 Sep
Singapore12:52 → 14:5822:10holds22:57no19 Sep
Sydney15:52 → 17:5822:39holds23:33no19 Sep
Suva17:47 → 19:5322:19holds23:09no19 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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