Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1983

Tuesday 27 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 168 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 Tuesday 27 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:04 moonrise
19:5220:1620:4021:0421:2821:5222:16

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 28 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:46 moonrise
20:3420:5821:2221:4622:1022:3422:58

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 18:16 on Tue 27 Sep to 17:46 on Wed 28 Sep.

    1983-09-27T10:15:40Z → 1983-09-28T09:45:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:04 on the 27th and 21:46 on the 28th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 27th and is not on the 28th.

    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 10075 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1983: Tuesday 27 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1983 falls on Tuesday 27 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:16 on Tue 27 Sep to 17:46 on Wed 28 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1983/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 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 27thCoveredMoonrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:16 → 02:4622:18holds23:07no27 Sep
Chicago05:16 → 04:4621:50holds22:35no27 Sep
Jersey City06:16 → 05:4621:57holds22:43no27 Sep
Port of Spain06:16 → 05:4622:10holds23:04no27 Sep
London11:16 → 10:4621:15holds21:52no27 Sep
Durban12:16 → 11:4622:57holds00:00no27 Sep
Dubai14:16 → 13:4621:41holds22:30no27 Sep
Delhi15:46 → 15:1621:34holds22:21no27 Sep
Kolkata15:46 → 15:1620:59holds21:48no27 Sep
Singapore18:16 → 17:4623:00holds23:54no27 Sep
Sydney20:16 → 19:4622:45holds23:49no27 Sep
Suva22:16 → 21:4622:21holds23:19no27 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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