Moonrise of Sunday 28 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1980
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 188 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Sunday 28 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Monday 29 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:00 on Mon 29 Sep to 00:58 on Tue 30 Sep.
1980-09-28T19:00:16Z → 1980-09-29T16:57:47Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 21:03 on the 28th and 21:50 on the 29th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 28th and is on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 11268 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1980: Monday 29 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1980 falls on Monday 29 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:00 on Mon 29 Sep to 00:58 on Tue 30 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 29 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 29 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 29 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 28th | Covered | Moonrise 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:00 → 09:58 | 22:18 | holds | 23:08 | no | 28 Sep |
| Chicago | 14:00 → 11:58 | 21:55 | holds | 22:43 | no | 28 Sep |
| Jersey City | 15:00 → 12:58 | 22:01 | holds | 22:50 | no | 28 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 15:00 → 12:58 | 21:59 | holds | 22:53 | no | 28 Sep |
| London | 20:00 → 17:58 | 21:28 | holds | 22:10 | no | 28 Sep |
| Durban | 21:00 → 18:58 | 22:29 | holds | 23:32 | no | 28 Sep |
| Dubai | 23:00 → 20:58 | 21:35 | no | 22:26 | no | 28 Sep |
| Delhi | 00:30 → 22:28 | 21:29 | no | 22:19 | holds | 29 Sep |
| Kolkata | 00:30 → 22:28 | 20:51 | no | 21:43 | holds | 29 Sep |
| Singapore | 02:30 → 00:28 | 22:14 | no | 23:10 | holds | 29 Sep |
| Sydney | 05:00 → 02:58 | 22:14 | no | 23:18 | holds | 29 Sep |
| Suva | 07:00 → 04:58 | 21:57 | no | 22:57 | holds | 29 Sep |