Moonrise of Tuesday 22 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1959
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 192 minutes.
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.
Holds at moonrise
Moonrise of Wednesday 23 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
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
Kāla
Moonrise is at 21:24 on the 22nd and 22:05 on the 23rd.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
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
Tie-break
Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 11546 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1959: Tuesday 22 September.
confidence: determinate
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.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 22 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 22 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 22 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 22nd | Covered | Moonrise 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:24 → 03:52 | 22:34 | holds | 23:18 | no | 22 Sep |
| Chicago | 03:24 → 05:52 | 22:12 | holds | 22:55 | no | 22 Sep |
| Jersey City | 04:24 → 06:52 | 22:19 | holds | 23:02 | no | 22 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 04:24 → 06:52 | 22:16 | holds | 23:02 | no | 22 Sep |
| London | 09:24 → 11:52 | 21:46 | holds | 22:25 | no | 22 Sep |
| Durban | 10:24 → 12:52 | 22:48 | holds | 23:38 | no | 22 Sep |
| Dubai | 12:24 → 14:52 | 21:54 | holds | 22:38 | no | 22 Sep |
| Delhi | 13:54 → 16:22 | 21:49 | holds | 22:32 | no | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 13:54 → 16:22 | 21:12 | holds | 21:56 | no | 22 Sep |
| Singapore | 15:54 → 18:22 | 22:35 | holds | 23:21 | no | 22 Sep |
| Sydney | 18:24 → 20:52 | 22:37 | holds | 23:28 | no | 22 Sep |
| Suva | 20:24 → 22:52 | 22:20 | holds | 23:09 | no | 22 Sep |