Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1920

Sunday 3 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 142 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 Saturday 2 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:52 moonrise
19:4020:0420:2820:5221:1621:4022:04

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 3 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:47 moonrise
20:3520:5921:2321:4722:1122:3522:59

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 02:16 on Sun 3 Oct to 00:10 on Mon 4 Oct.

    1920-10-02T18:16:15Z → 1920-10-03T16:09:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:52 on the 2nd and 21:47 on the 3rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 2nd and is on the 3rd.

    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 8536 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1920: Sunday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1920 falls on Sunday 3 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:16 on Sun 3 Oct to 00:10 on Mon 4 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1920/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 2ndCoveredMoonrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:16 → 08:1021:13holds22:12no2 Oct
Chicago13:16 → 11:1021:47holds22:46no2 Oct
Jersey City14:16 → 12:1021:54holds22:52no2 Oct
Port of Spain14:16 → 12:1021:58holds22:57no2 Oct
London19:16 → 17:1021:12holds22:09no2 Oct
Durban20:16 → 18:1022:37holds23:36no2 Oct
Dubai22:16 → 20:1021:29no22:27no2 Oct
Delhi23:46 → 21:4021:22no22:19no2 Oct
Kolkata23:46 → 21:4020:46no21:44no2 Oct
Singapore01:16 → 23:1021:44no22:42holds3 Oct
Sydney04:16 → 02:1022:24no23:25holds3 Oct
Suva06:16 → 04:1022:02no23:01holds3 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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