Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1946

Monday 16 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 504 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 Sunday 15 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:55 moonrise
20:4321:0721:3121:5522:1922:4323:07

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 16 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

22:31 moonrise
21:1921:4322:0722:3122:5523:1923:43

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 09:07 on Mon 16 Sep to 06:55 on Tue 17 Sep.

    1946-09-16T00:07:26Z → 1946-09-16T21:54:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:55 on the 15th and 22:31 on the 16th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 15th and is on the 16th.

    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 30217 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1946: Monday 16 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1946 falls on Monday 16 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:07 on Mon 16 Sep to 06:55 on Tue 17 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 16 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 16thCoveredMoonrise 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:07 → 13:5521:45no22:35no15 Sep
Chicago19:07 → 16:5522:18no23:04no15 Sep
Jersey City20:07 → 17:5522:26no23:12no15 Sep
Port of Spain20:07 → 17:5522:36no23:32no15 Sep
London01:07 → 22:5521:45holds22:21no16 Sep
Durban02:07 → 23:5523:20holds00:27no16 Sep
Dubai04:07 → 01:5522:07holds22:58no16 Sep
Delhi05:37 → 03:2522:00holds22:49no16 Sep
Kolkata05:37 → 03:2521:25holds22:16no16 Sep
Singapore07:37 → 05:2522:54holds23:51no16 Sep
Sydney10:07 → 07:5523:05holds00:14no16 Sep
Suva12:07 → 09:5522:42holds23:45no16 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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