Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1945

Wednesday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 562 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 Wednesday 26 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:22 moonrise
20:1020:3420:5821:2221:4622:1022:34

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 27 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

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

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 12:01 on Wed 26 Sep to 09:43 on Thu 27 Sep.

    1945-09-26T04:00:41Z → 1945-09-27T01:42:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:22 on the 26th and 22:09 on the 27th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 26th and is not on the 27th.

    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 33699 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1945: Wednesday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1945 falls on Wednesday 26 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:01 on Wed 26 Sep to 09:43 on Thu 27 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1945/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 26thCoveredMoonrise 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:01 → 18:4322:39no23:31no25 Sep
Chicago23:01 → 20:4322:12no23:01no25 Sep
Jersey City00:01 → 21:4322:19no23:08no25 Sep
Port of Spain01:01 → 22:4323:29no00:25no25 Sep
London05:01 → 02:4321:37holds22:19no26 Sep
Durban06:01 → 03:4323:14holds00:18no26 Sep
Dubai08:01 → 05:4322:00holds22:52no26 Sep
Delhi10:31 → 08:1322:52holds23:43no26 Sep
Kolkata10:31 → 08:1322:18holds23:10no26 Sep
Singapore11:31 → 09:1322:47holds23:44no26 Sep
Sydney14:01 → 11:4322:59holds00:06no26 Sep
Suva16:01 → 13:4322:36holds23:38no26 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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