Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1947

Sunday 5 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 601 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 5 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

22:02 moonrise
20:5021:1421:3822:0222:2622:5023:14

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 6 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:54 moonrise
21:4222:0622:3022:5423:1823:4200:06

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 Sun 5 Oct to 10:23 on Mon 6 Oct.

    1947-10-05T03:00:48Z → 1947-10-06T01:22:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 22:02 on the 5th and 22:54 on the 6th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 5th and is not on the 6th.

    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 36064 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1947: Sunday 5 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1947 falls on Sunday 5 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:01 on Sun 5 Oct to 10:23 on Mon 6 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 Oct
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 5thCoveredMoonrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:01 → 17:2321:25no22:25no4 Oct
Chicago21:01 → 19:2320:51no21:48no4 Oct
Jersey City22:01 → 20:2320:59no21:56no4 Oct
Port of Spain23:01 → 21:2322:27no23:28no4 Oct
London04:01 → 02:2321:02holds21:53no5 Oct
Durban05:01 → 03:2323:31holds00:35no5 Oct
Dubai07:01 → 05:2321:50holds22:47no5 Oct
Delhi08:31 → 06:5321:40holds22:36no5 Oct
Kolkata08:31 → 06:5321:08holds22:05no5 Oct
Singapore10:31 → 08:5322:48holds23:48no5 Oct
Sydney13:01 → 11:2323:19holds00:26no5 Oct
Suva15:01 → 13:2322:46holds23:49no5 Oct
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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