Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1967

Sunday 24 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 360 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 24 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:52 moonrise
19:4020:0420:2820:5221:1621:4022:04

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 25 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:30 moonrise
20:1820:4221:0621:3021:5422:1822:42

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 13:19 on Sun 24 Sep to 15:30 on Mon 25 Sep.

    1967-09-24T05:18:46Z → 1967-09-25T07:30:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:52 on the 24th and 21:30 on the 25th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 24th and is not on the 25th.

    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 21602 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1967: Sunday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1967 falls on Sunday 24 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:19 on Sun 24 Sep to 15:30 on Mon 25 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1967/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 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 24thCoveredMoonrise 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:19 → 00:3022:07holds22:52no24 Sep
Chicago00:19 → 02:3021:34holds22:16no24 Sep
Jersey City01:19 → 03:3021:43holds22:24no24 Sep
Port of Spain01:19 → 03:3022:09holds22:59no24 Sep
London06:19 → 08:3020:50holds21:23no24 Sep
Durban07:19 → 09:3023:12holds00:10no24 Sep
Dubai09:19 → 11:3021:36holds22:21no24 Sep
Delhi10:49 → 13:0021:27holds22:10no24 Sep
Kolkata10:49 → 13:0020:56holds21:41no24 Sep
Singapore12:49 → 15:0022:34holds23:24no24 Sep
Sydney15:19 → 17:3023:03holds00:03no24 Sep
Suva17:19 → 19:3022:33holds23:27no24 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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