Moonrise of Tuesday 25 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
21:16 moonrise
20:0420:2820:5221:1621:4022:0422:28
Holds at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1956
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 616 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Tuesday 25 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Moonrise of Wednesday 26 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:00 on Tue 25 Sep to 09:51 on Wed 26 Sep.
1956-09-25T03:00:16Z → 1956-09-26T01:50:47Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 21:16 on the 25th and 22:12 on the 26th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 25th and is not on the 26th.
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 36939 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1956: Tuesday 25 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1956 falls on Tuesday 25 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:00 on Tue 25 Sep to 09:51 on Wed 26 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 25 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 25 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 25 Sep |
| 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 25th | Covered | Moonrise 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:00 → 18:51 | 22:39 | no | 23:38 | no | 24 Sep |
| Chicago | 22:00 → 20:51 | 22:10 | no | 23:10 | no | 24 Sep |
| Jersey City | 23:00 → 21:51 | 22:17 | no | 23:17 | no | 24 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 23:00 → 21:51 | 22:29 | no | 23:27 | no | 24 Sep |
| London | 04:00 → 02:51 | 21:31 | holds | 22:29 | no | 25 Sep |
| Durban | 05:00 → 03:51 | 23:15 | holds | 00:12 | no | 25 Sep |
| Dubai | 07:00 → 05:51 | 21:57 | holds | 22:54 | no | 25 Sep |
| Delhi | 08:30 → 07:21 | 21:49 | holds | 22:46 | no | 25 Sep |
| Kolkata | 08:30 → 07:21 | 21:15 | holds | 22:12 | no | 25 Sep |
| Singapore | 10:30 → 09:21 | 22:46 | holds | 23:44 | no | 25 Sep |
| Sydney | 13:00 → 11:51 | 23:04 | holds | 00:02 | no | 25 Sep |
| Suva | 15:00 → 13:51 | 22:38 | holds | 23:36 | no | 25 Sep |