Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1944

Thursday 7 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 627 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 7 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

22:48 moonrise
21:3622:0022:2422:4823:1223:3600:00

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 8 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

23:27 moonrise
22:1522:3923:0323:2723:5100:1500:39

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 12:21 on Thu 7 Sep to 10:27 on Fri 8 Sep.

    1944-09-07T03:20:52Z → 1944-09-08T01:26:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:48 on the 7th and 23:27 on the 8th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 37623 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1944: Thursday 7 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

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.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 7 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 7 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 7 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 7thCoveredMoonrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:21 → 18:2722:57no23:40no6 Sep
Chicago22:21 → 20:2722:36no23:16no6 Sep
Jersey City23:21 → 21:2722:43no23:23no6 Sep
Port of Spain00:21 → 22:2723:35no00:25no6 Sep
London05:21 → 03:2723:14holds23:47no7 Sep
Durban05:21 → 03:2722:59holds00:01no7 Sep
Dubai07:21 → 05:2722:15holds23:00no7 Sep
Delhi09:51 → 07:5723:10holds23:54no7 Sep
Kolkata09:51 → 07:5722:31holds23:17no7 Sep
Singapore12:21 → 10:2700:20holds01:12no7 Sep
Sydney13:21 → 11:2722:43holds23:47no7 Sep
Suva15:21 → 13:2722:30holds23:28no7 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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