Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1912

Tuesday 1 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 01 s.

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 1 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:31 moonrise
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 20:25:45
19:1919:4320:0720:3120:5521:1921:43

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 2 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:19 moonrise
20:0720:3120:5521:1921:4322:0722:31

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 20:26 on Tue 1 Oct to 19:17 on Wed 2 Oct.

    1912-10-01T12:25:45Z → 1912-10-02T11:16:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:31 on the 1st and 21:19 on the 2nd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 1st and is not on the 2nd.

    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 301 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1912: Tuesday 1 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1912 falls on Tuesday 1 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:26 on Tue 1 Oct to 19:17 on Wed 2 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1912/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 1 Oct
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 1stCoveredMoonrise 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:26 → 03:1720:53holds21:50no1 Oct
Chicago06:26 → 05:1720:17holds21:11no1 Oct
Jersey City07:26 → 06:1720:26holds21:20no1 Oct
Port of Spain08:26 → 07:1721:59holds22:58no1 Oct
London12:26 → 11:1719:26holds20:10no1 Oct
Durban14:26 → 13:1723:08holds00:13no1 Oct
Dubai16:07 → 14:5821:01holds21:56no1 Oct
Delhi17:56 → 16:4721:10holds22:03no1 Oct
Kolkata17:56 → 16:4720:40holds21:34no1 Oct
Singapore19:26 → 18:1721:52holds22:50no1 Oct
Sydney22:26 → 21:1722:57holds00:04no1 Oct
Suva00:21 → 23:1222:17no23:20no1 Oct
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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