Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1963

Sunday 8 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 493 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 Sunday 8 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:43 moonrise
20:3120:5521:1921:4322:0722:3122:55

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 9 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:23 moonrise
21:1121:3521:5922:2322:4723:1123:35

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 13:30 on Sun 8 Sep to 10:56 on Mon 9 Sep.

    1963-09-08T05:29:32Z → 1963-09-09T02:55:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:43 on the 8th and 22:23 on the 9th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 8th and is not on the 9th.

    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 29597 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1963: Sunday 8 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1963 falls on Sunday 8 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:30 on Sun 8 Sep to 10:56 on Mon 9 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 8 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 8thCoveredMoonrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:30 → 19:5622:52no23:38no7 Sep
Chicago00:30 → 21:5622:31no23:13no7 Sep
Jersey City01:30 → 22:5622:38holds23:20no8 Sep
Port of Spain01:30 → 22:5622:31holds23:24no8 Sep
London06:30 → 03:5622:09holds22:42no8 Sep
Durban07:30 → 04:5622:55holds00:01no8 Sep
Dubai09:30 → 06:5622:10holds22:57no8 Sep
Delhi11:00 → 08:2622:05holds22:51no8 Sep
Kolkata11:00 → 08:2621:27holds22:15no8 Sep
Singapore13:00 → 10:2622:45holds23:40no8 Sep
Sydney15:30 → 12:5622:38holds23:46no8 Sep
Suva17:30 → 14:5622:25holds23:26no8 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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