Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1941

Thursday 11 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 615 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 11 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

22:43 moonrise
21:3121:5522:1922:4323:0723:3123:55

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 12 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:21 moonrise
22:0922:3322:5723:2123:4500:0900:33

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 10:39 on Thu 11 Sep to 13:07 on Fri 12 Sep.

    1941-09-11T01:38:49Z → 1941-09-12T04:06:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:43 on the 11th and 23:21 on the 12th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 11th and is not on the 12th.

    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 36873 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1941: Thursday 11 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1941 falls on Thursday 11 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:39 on Thu 11 Sep to 13:07 on Fri 12 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 11 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 11 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 11 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 11thCoveredMoonrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:39 → 20:0721:51no22:33no10 Sep
Chicago20:39 → 23:0722:31holds23:10no10 Sep
Jersey City21:39 → 00:0722:37holds23:17no10 Sep
Port of Spain21:39 → 00:0722:29holds23:14no10 Sep
London02:39 → 05:0722:08holds22:43no11 Sep
Durban03:39 → 06:0722:56holds23:47no11 Sep
Dubai05:39 → 08:0722:11holds22:53no11 Sep
Delhi07:09 → 09:3722:06holds22:47no11 Sep
Kolkata07:09 → 09:3721:28holds22:10no11 Sep
Singapore09:09 → 11:3722:48holds23:33no11 Sep
Sydney11:39 → 14:0722:44holds23:37no11 Sep
Suva13:39 → 16:0722:31holds23:20no11 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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