Moonrise of Sunday 22 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
22:31 moonrise
21:1921:4322:0722:3122:5523:1923:43
Holds at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1940
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 580 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Sunday 22 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Moonrise of Monday 23 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:00 on Sun 22 Sep to 13:37 on Mon 23 Sep.
1940-09-22T03:00:24Z → 1940-09-23T04:36:34Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 22:31 on the 22nd and 23:16 on the 23rd.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 22nd and is not on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 34770 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1940: Sunday 22 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1940 falls on Sunday 22 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:00 on Sun 22 Sep to 13:37 on Mon 23 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 22 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 22 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 22 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/chandra-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Moonrise 22nd | Covered | Moonrise 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:00 → 20:37 | 21:45 | no | 22:33 | no | 21 Sep |
| Chicago | 22:00 → 23:37 | 22:22 | holds | 23:09 | no | 22 Sep |
| Jersey City | 23:00 → 00:37 | 22:28 | holds | 23:15 | no | 22 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 23:00 → 00:37 | 22:27 | holds | 23:16 | no | 22 Sep |
| London | 04:00 → 05:37 | 21:53 | holds | 22:37 | no | 22 Sep |
| Durban | 05:00 → 06:37 | 23:01 | holds | 23:53 | no | 22 Sep |
| Dubai | 07:00 → 08:37 | 22:04 | holds | 22:51 | no | 22 Sep |
| Delhi | 08:30 → 10:07 | 21:58 | holds | 22:44 | no | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 08:30 → 10:07 | 21:21 | holds | 22:08 | no | 22 Sep |
| Singapore | 10:20 → 11:57 | 22:35 | holds | 23:25 | no | 22 Sep |
| Sydney | 13:00 → 14:37 | 22:50 | holds | 23:43 | no | 22 Sep |
| Suva | 15:00 → 16:37 | 22:32 | holds | 23:23 | no | 22 Sep |