Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1960

Saturday 10 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 401 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 Saturday 10 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:38 moonrise
20:2620:5021:1421:3822:0222:2622:50

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 11 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:17 moonrise
21:0521:2921:5322:1722:4123:0523:29

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 14:31 on Sat 10 Sep to 15:36 on Sun 11 Sep.

    1960-09-10T06:30:55Z → 1960-09-11T07:35:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:38 on the 10th and 22:17 on the 11th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 10th and is not on the 11th.

    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 24057 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1960: Saturday 10 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1960 falls on Saturday 10 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:31 on Sat 10 Sep to 15:36 on Sun 11 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1960/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 10 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 10 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 10 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 10thCoveredMoonrise 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:31 → 00:3622:46holds23:28no10 Sep
Chicago01:31 → 02:3622:27holds23:06no10 Sep
Jersey City02:31 → 03:3622:33holds23:13no10 Sep
Port of Spain02:31 → 03:3622:23holds23:09no10 Sep
London07:31 → 08:3622:05holds22:40no10 Sep
Durban08:31 → 09:3622:47holds23:41no10 Sep
Dubai10:31 → 11:3622:05holds22:48no10 Sep
Delhi12:01 → 13:0622:00holds22:42no10 Sep
Kolkata12:01 → 13:0621:22holds22:05no10 Sep
Singapore14:01 → 15:0622:40holds23:28no10 Sep
Sydney16:31 → 17:3622:34holds23:29no10 Sep
Suva18:31 → 19:3622:21holds23:13no10 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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