Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1932

Tuesday 20 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 213 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 Tuesday 20 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:41 moonrise
19:2919:5320:1720:4121:0521:2921:53

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 21 September

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 15:23 on Tue 20 Sep to 17:47 on Wed 21 Sep.

    1932-09-20T07:22:37Z → 1932-09-21T09:46:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:41 on the 20th and 21:19 on the 21st.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 20th and is not on the 21st.

    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 12765 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1932: Tuesday 20 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1932 falls on Tuesday 20 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:23 on Tue 20 Sep to 17:47 on Wed 21 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1932/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 20 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 20 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 20 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 20thCoveredMoonrise 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:23 → 01:4720:56holds21:42no20 Sep
Chicago02:23 → 04:4721:23holds22:05no20 Sep
Jersey City03:23 → 05:4721:31holds22:14no20 Sep
Port of Spain03:23 → 05:4722:01holds22:50no20 Sep
London08:23 → 10:4720:36holds21:09no20 Sep
Durban09:23 → 11:4723:08holds00:05no20 Sep
Dubai11:23 → 13:4721:27holds22:12no20 Sep
Delhi12:53 → 15:1721:18holds22:01no20 Sep
Kolkata12:53 → 15:1720:47holds21:32no20 Sep
Singapore14:23 → 16:4721:57holds22:47no20 Sep
Sydney17:23 → 19:4723:00holds23:58no20 Sep
Suva19:23 → 21:4722:27holds23:21no20 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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