Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1907

Friday 27 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 337 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 Thursday 26 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:02 moonrise
19:5020:1420:3821:0221:2621:5022:14

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 27 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:39 moonrise
20:2720:5121:1521:3922:0322:2722:51

Holds 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 02:40 on Fri 27 Sep to 04:14 on Sat 28 Sep.

    1907-09-26T18:39:32Z → 1907-09-27T20:13:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:02 on the 26th and 21:39 on the 27th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 26th and is on the 27th.

    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 20225 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1907: Friday 27 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1907 falls on Friday 27 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:40 on Fri 27 Sep to 04:14 on Sat 28 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1907/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 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 26thCoveredMoonrise 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:40 → 12:1421:11holds21:52no26 Sep
Chicago12:40 → 14:1420:48holds21:26no26 Sep
Jersey City13:40 → 15:1420:55holds21:33no26 Sep
Port of Spain14:40 → 16:1421:55holds22:41no26 Sep
London18:40 → 20:1420:22holds20:54no26 Sep
Durban20:40 → 22:1422:30holds23:25no26 Sep
Dubai22:21 → 23:5521:14no21:56holds27 Sep
Delhi00:10 → 01:4421:27no22:08holds27 Sep
Kolkata00:10 → 01:4420:51no21:33holds27 Sep
Singapore01:40 → 03:1421:44no22:32holds27 Sep
Sydney04:40 → 06:1422:17no23:14holds27 Sep
Suva06:35 → 08:0921:55no22:47holds27 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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