Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1928

Thursday 4 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 408 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 Wednesday 3 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:30 moonrise
19:1819:4220:0620:3020:5421:1821:42

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 4 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:15 moonrise
20:0320:2720:5121:1521:3922:0322:27

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 06:28 on Thu 4 Oct to 04:04 on Fri 5 Oct.

    1928-10-03T22:28:20Z → 1928-10-04T20:03:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:30 on the 3rd and 21:15 on the 4th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 3rd and is on the 4th.

    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 24507 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1928: Thursday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1928 falls on Thursday 4 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:28 on Thu 4 Oct to 04:04 on Fri 5 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1928/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 4 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 3rdCoveredMoonrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:28 → 12:0420:47holds21:40no3 Oct
Chicago16:28 → 14:0420:17holds21:06no3 Oct
Jersey City17:28 → 15:0420:25holds21:14no3 Oct
Port of Spain18:28 → 16:0421:43holds22:41no3 Oct
London23:28 → 21:0420:38no21:18no3 Oct
Durban00:28 → 22:0422:34no23:43no3 Oct
Dubai02:28 → 00:0421:10no22:03holds4 Oct
Delhi03:58 → 01:3421:02no21:53holds4 Oct
Kolkata03:58 → 01:3420:28no21:22holds4 Oct
Singapore05:28 → 03:0421:31no22:31holds4 Oct
Sydney08:28 → 06:0422:20no23:31holds4 Oct
Suva10:28 → 08:0421:53no22:58holds4 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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