Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1958

Friday 3 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 123 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 Friday 3 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:13 moonrise
20:0120:2520:4921:1321:3722:0122:25

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 4 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:00 moonrise
20:4821:1221:3622:0022:2422:4823:12

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 18:14 on Fri 3 Oct to 19:58 on Sat 4 Oct.

    1958-10-03T10:14:14Z → 1958-10-04T11:57:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:13 on the 3rd and 22:00 on the 4th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 3rd and is not on the 4th.

    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 7350 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1958: Friday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1958 falls on Friday 3 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:14 on Fri 3 Oct to 19:58 on Sat 4 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1958/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 3 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 3rdCoveredMoonrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:14 → 03:5821:28holds22:19no3 Oct
Chicago05:14 → 06:5822:04holds22:54no3 Oct
Jersey City06:14 → 07:5822:11holds23:01no3 Oct
Port of Spain06:14 → 07:5822:13holds23:02no3 Oct
London11:14 → 12:5821:33holds22:21no3 Oct
Durban12:14 → 13:5822:51holds23:41no3 Oct
Dubai14:14 → 15:5821:48holds22:36no3 Oct
Delhi15:44 → 17:2821:41holds22:29no3 Oct
Kolkata15:44 → 17:2821:05holds21:54no3 Oct
Singapore17:44 → 19:2822:32holds23:21no3 Oct
Sydney20:14 → 21:5822:41holds23:32no3 Oct
Suva22:14 → 23:5822:21holds23:11holds3 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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