Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1952

Tuesday 9 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 36 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 Monday 8 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:40 moonrise
19:2819:5220:1620:4021:0421:2821:52

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 9 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:19 moonrise
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 21:54:10
20:0720:3120:5521:1921:4322:0722:31

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 22:28 on Mon 8 Sep to 21:54 on Tue 9 Sep.

    1952-09-08T14:28:28Z → 1952-09-09T13:54:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:40 on the 8th and 21:19 on the 9th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 8th and is on the 9th.

    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 2131 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1952: Tuesday 9 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1952 falls on Tuesday 9 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:28 on Mon 8 Sep to 21:54 on Tue 9 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 9 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 8thCoveredMoonrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:28 → 06:5421:54holds22:38no8 Sep
Chicago09:28 → 08:5421:24holds22:04no8 Sep
Jersey City10:28 → 09:5421:32holds22:13no8 Sep
Port of Spain10:28 → 09:5421:50holds22:42no8 Sep
London15:28 → 14:5420:47holds21:16no8 Sep
Durban16:28 → 15:5422:44holds23:47no8 Sep
Dubai18:28 → 17:5421:20holds22:06no8 Sep
Delhi19:58 → 19:2421:12holds21:56no8 Sep
Kolkata19:58 → 19:2420:39holds21:25no8 Sep
Singapore21:58 → 21:2422:12holds23:05no8 Sep
Sydney00:28 → 23:5422:31no23:37holds9 Sep
Suva02:28 → 01:5422:04no23:04holds9 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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