Moonrise of Wednesday 27 September
Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither moonrise; this is the day it falls on.
20:35 moonrise
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 20:39:30
19:2319:4720:1120:3520:5921:2321:47
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1972
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches moonrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Wednesday 27 September
Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither moonrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Thursday 28 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:40 on Wed 27 Sep to 18:10 on Thu 28 Sep.
1972-09-27T12:39:30Z → 1972-09-28T10:09:47Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 20:35 on the 27th and 21:32 on the 28th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 27th and is not on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither moonrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 270 s < 300 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1972: Wednesday 27 September.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1972 falls on Wednesday 27 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:40 on Wed 27 Sep to 18:10 on Thu 28 Sep, and is current at moonrise on neither day. It is 4 min 30 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 27 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 27 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 27 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/chandra-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Moonrise 27th | Covered | Moonrise 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:40 → 03:10 | 22:02 | holds | 23:04 | no | 27 Sep |
| Chicago | 07:40 → 05:10 | 21:28 | holds | 22:29 | no | 27 Sep |
| Jersey City | 08:40 → 06:10 | 21:36 | holds | 22:37 | no | 27 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 08:40 → 06:10 | 22:02 | holds | 23:04 | no | 27 Sep |
| London | 13:40 → 11:10 | 20:38 | holds | 21:36 | no | 27 Sep |
| Durban | 14:40 → 12:10 | 23:04 | holds | 00:07 | no | 27 Sep |
| Dubai | 16:40 → 14:10 | 21:24 | holds | 22:24 | no | 27 Sep |
| Delhi | 18:10 → 15:40 | 21:14 | holds | 22:13 | no | 27 Sep |
| Kolkata | 18:10 → 15:40 | 20:42 | holds | 21:42 | no | 27 Sep |
| Singapore | 20:10 → 17:40 | 22:21 | holds | 23:23 | no | 27 Sep |
| Sydney | 22:40 → 20:10 | 22:52 | holds | 23:58 | no | 27 Sep |
| Suva | 00:40 → 22:10 | 22:19 | no | 23:23 | no | 27 Sep |