Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1962

Tuesday 18 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 139 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 18 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:25 moonrise
20:1320:3721:0121:2521:4922:1322:37

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 19 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:08 moonrise
20:5621:2021:4422:0822:3222:5623:20

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 19:06 on Tue 18 Sep to 17:08 on Wed 19 Sep.

    1962-09-18T11:06:25Z → 1962-09-19T09:07:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:25 on the 18th and 22:08 on the 19th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 18th and is not on the 19th.

    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 8338 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1962: Tuesday 18 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1962 falls on Tuesday 18 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:06 on Tue 18 Sep to 17:08 on Wed 19 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 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 18thCoveredMoonrise 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:06 → 02:0822:37holds23:24no18 Sep
Chicago06:06 → 04:0822:15holds22:59no18 Sep
Jersey City07:06 → 05:0822:22holds23:06no18 Sep
Port of Spain07:06 → 05:0822:17holds23:09no18 Sep
London12:06 → 10:0821:51holds22:28no18 Sep
Durban13:06 → 11:0822:45holds23:47no18 Sep
Dubai15:06 → 13:0821:55holds22:43no18 Sep
Delhi16:36 → 14:3821:49holds22:36no18 Sep
Kolkata16:36 → 14:3821:11holds22:00no18 Sep
Singapore18:36 → 16:3822:32holds23:26no18 Sep
Sydney21:06 → 19:0822:29holds23:33no18 Sep
Suva23:06 → 21:0822:13no23:13no18 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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