Moonrise of Sunday 1 October
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
20:24 moonrise
19:1219:3620:0020:2420:4821:1221:36
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1950
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 114 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Sunday 1 October
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Monday 2 October
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:18 on Sun 1 Oct to 00:45 on Tue 3 Oct.
1950-10-01T14:18:07Z → 1950-10-02T16:44:49Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 20:24 on the 1st and 21:06 on the 2nd.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 1st and is on the 2nd.
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 6817 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1950: Monday 2 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1950 falls on Monday 2 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:18 on Sun 1 Oct to 00:45 on Tue 3 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 2 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 2 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 2 Oct |
| 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 1st | Covered | Moonrise 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:18 → 08:45 | 20:43 | holds | 21:31 | no | 1 Oct |
| Chicago | 08:18 → 10:45 | 20:07 | holds | 20:53 | no | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 09:18 → 11:45 | 20:16 | holds | 21:02 | no | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 10:18 → 12:45 | 21:50 | holds | 22:40 | no | 1 Oct |
| London | 15:18 → 17:45 | 20:17 | holds | 20:54 | no | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 16:18 → 18:45 | 23:01 | holds | 23:57 | no | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 18:18 → 20:45 | 21:14 | holds | 22:00 | no | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 19:48 → 22:15 | 21:04 | holds | 21:49 | holds | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 19:48 → 22:15 | 20:34 | holds | 21:20 | holds | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 21:48 → 00:15 | 22:16 | holds | 23:07 | holds | 1 Oct |
| Sydney | 00:18 → 02:45 | 22:54 | no | 23:51 | holds | 2 Oct |
| Suva | 02:18 → 04:45 | 22:19 | no | 23:13 | holds | 2 Oct |