Moonrise of Thursday 7 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1944
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 627 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Thursday 7 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Moonrise of Friday 8 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:21 on Thu 7 Sep to 10:27 on Fri 8 Sep.
1944-09-07T03:20:52Z → 1944-09-08T01:26:44Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 22:48 on the 7th and 23:27 on the 8th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 7th and is not on the 8th.
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 37623 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1944: Thursday 7 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1944 falls on Thursday 7 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:21 on Thu 7 Sep to 10:27 on Fri 8 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 7 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 7 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 7 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 7th | Covered | Moonrise 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:21 → 18:27 | 22:57 | no | 23:40 | no | 6 Sep |
| Chicago | 22:21 → 20:27 | 22:36 | no | 23:16 | no | 6 Sep |
| Jersey City | 23:21 → 21:27 | 22:43 | no | 23:23 | no | 6 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 00:21 → 22:27 | 23:35 | no | 00:25 | no | 6 Sep |
| London | 05:21 → 03:27 | 23:14 | holds | 23:47 | no | 7 Sep |
| Durban | 05:21 → 03:27 | 22:59 | holds | 00:01 | no | 7 Sep |
| Dubai | 07:21 → 05:27 | 22:15 | holds | 23:00 | no | 7 Sep |
| Delhi | 09:51 → 07:57 | 23:10 | holds | 23:54 | no | 7 Sep |
| Kolkata | 09:51 → 07:57 | 22:31 | holds | 23:17 | no | 7 Sep |
| Singapore | 12:21 → 10:27 | 00:20 | holds | 01:12 | no | 7 Sep |
| Sydney | 13:21 → 11:27 | 22:43 | holds | 23:47 | no | 7 Sep |
| Suva | 15:21 → 13:27 | 22:30 | holds | 23:28 | no | 7 Sep |