Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1964

Saturday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 293 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 26 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:11 moonrise
19:5920:2320:4721:1121:3521:5922:23

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 27 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:57 moonrise
20:4521:0921:3321:5722:2122:4523:09

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 16:18 on Sat 26 Sep to 14:09 on Sun 27 Sep.

    1964-09-26T08:18:02Z → 1964-09-27T06:09:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:11 on the 26th and 21:57 on the 27th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 26th and is not on the 27th.

    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 17583 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1964: Saturday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1964 falls on Saturday 26 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:18 on Sat 26 Sep to 14:09 on Sun 27 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1964/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 26thCoveredMoonrise 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:18 → 23:0922:27holds23:20no26 Sep
Chicago03:18 → 01:0922:00holds22:49no26 Sep
Jersey City04:18 → 02:0922:07holds22:56no26 Sep
Port of Spain04:18 → 02:0922:18holds23:15no26 Sep
London09:18 → 07:0921:25holds22:05no26 Sep
Durban10:18 → 08:0923:03holds00:09no26 Sep
Dubai12:18 → 10:0921:49holds22:41no26 Sep
Delhi13:48 → 11:3921:41holds22:32no26 Sep
Kolkata13:48 → 11:3921:06holds21:59no26 Sep
Singapore15:48 → 13:3922:36holds23:34no26 Sep
Sydney18:18 → 16:0922:49holds23:57no26 Sep
Suva20:18 → 18:0922:25holds23:28no26 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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