Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1914

Thursday 10 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 639 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 10 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:59 moonrise
19:4720:1120:3520:5921:2321:4722:11

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 11 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:35 moonrise
20:2320:4721:1121:3521:5922:2322:47

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 08:35 on Thu 10 Sep to 10:56 on Fri 11 Sep.

    1914-09-10T00:35:24Z → 1914-09-11T02:56:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:59 on the 10th and 21:35 on the 11th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 10th and is not on the 11th.

    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 38321 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1914: Thursday 10 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1914 falls on Thursday 10 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:35 on Thu 10 Sep to 10:56 on Fri 11 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1914/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 10 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 10 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 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 10thCoveredMoonrise 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:35 → 18:5621:12no21:55no9 Sep
Chicago18:35 → 20:5620:40holds21:19no9 Sep
Jersey City19:35 → 21:5620:49holds21:28no9 Sep
Port of Spain20:35 → 22:5622:13holds23:01no9 Sep
London00:35 → 02:5619:59holds20:28no10 Sep
Durban02:35 → 04:5623:15holds00:12no10 Sep
Dubai04:16 → 06:3721:23holds22:05no10 Sep
Delhi06:05 → 08:2621:33holds22:14no10 Sep
Kolkata06:05 → 08:2621:01holds21:44no10 Sep
Singapore07:35 → 09:5622:08holds22:57no10 Sep
Sydney10:35 → 12:5623:05holds00:04no10 Sep
Suva12:30 → 14:5122:31holds23:24no10 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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