Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1942

Wednesday 30 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 214 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 29 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:09 moonrise
20:5721:2121:4522:0922:3322:5723:21

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 30 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

22:49 moonrise
21:3722:0122:2522:4923:1323:3700:01

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 01:43 on Wed 30 Sep to 03:48 on Thu 1 Oct.

    1942-09-29T16:43:26Z → 1942-09-30T18:48:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:09 on the 29th and 22:49 on the 30th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 29th and is on the 30th.

    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 12856 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1942: Wednesday 30 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1942 falls on Wednesday 30 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:43 on Wed 30 Sep to 03:48 on Thu 1 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 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 29thCoveredMoonrise 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:43 → 11:4822:19holds23:03no29 Sep
Chicago11:43 → 13:4821:57holds22:39no29 Sep
Jersey City12:43 → 14:4822:04holds22:46no29 Sep
Port of Spain13:43 → 15:4823:01holds23:47no29 Sep
London17:43 → 19:4821:32holds22:09no29 Sep
Durban19:43 → 21:4823:33holds00:24no29 Sep
Dubai20:43 → 22:4821:40holds22:23holds29 Sep
Delhi23:13 → 01:1822:34no23:17holds30 Sep
Kolkata23:13 → 01:1821:57no22:41holds30 Sep
Singapore01:43 → 03:4823:50no00:37holds30 Sep
Sydney03:43 → 05:4823:21no00:14holds30 Sep
Suva04:43 → 06:4822:05no22:55holds30 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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