Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1959

Tuesday 22 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 192 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 Tuesday 22 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:24 moonrise
20:1220:3621:0021:2421:4822:1222:36

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 23 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:05 moonrise
20:5321:1721:4122:0522:2922:5323:17

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 16:24 on Tue 22 Sep to 18:52 on Wed 23 Sep.

    1959-09-22T08:24:05Z → 1959-09-23T10:52:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:24 on the 22nd and 22:05 on the 23rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 22nd and is not on the 23rd.

    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 11546 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1959: Tuesday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1959 falls on Tuesday 22 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:24 on Tue 22 Sep to 18:52 on Wed 23 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 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 22ndCoveredMoonrise 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:24 → 03:5222:34holds23:18no22 Sep
Chicago03:24 → 05:5222:12holds22:55no22 Sep
Jersey City04:24 → 06:5222:19holds23:02no22 Sep
Port of Spain04:24 → 06:5222:16holds23:02no22 Sep
London09:24 → 11:5221:46holds22:25no22 Sep
Durban10:24 → 12:5222:48holds23:38no22 Sep
Dubai12:24 → 14:5221:54holds22:38no22 Sep
Delhi13:54 → 16:2221:49holds22:32no22 Sep
Kolkata13:54 → 16:2221:12holds21:56no22 Sep
Singapore15:54 → 18:2222:35holds23:21no22 Sep
Sydney18:24 → 20:5222:37holds23:28no22 Sep
Suva20:24 → 22:5222:20holds23:09no22 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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