Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1985

Friday 4 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 Friday 4 October

Taken. Both moonrises qualify; the rule takes the first.

20:38 moonrise
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 20:22:53
19:2619:5020:1420:3821:0221:2621:50

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 5 October

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at moonrise here too. Not taken.

21:19 moonrise
20:0720:3120:5521:1921:4322:0722:31

Holds 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 20:23 on Fri 4 Oct to 22:40 on Sat 5 Oct.

    1985-10-04T12:22:54Z → 1985-10-05T14:39:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:38 on the 4th and 21:19 on the 5th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 4th and is on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both moonrises qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 877 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1985: Friday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1985 falls on Friday 4 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:23 on Fri 4 Oct to 22:40 on Sat 5 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1985/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 Oct
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 4thCoveredMoonrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:23 → 07:4021:54holds22:42no4 Oct
Chicago07:23 → 09:4021:21holds22:06no4 Oct
Jersey City08:23 → 10:4021:30holds22:14no4 Oct
Port of Spain08:23 → 10:4021:58holds22:48no4 Oct
London13:23 → 15:4020:34holds21:11no4 Oct
Durban14:23 → 16:4023:04holds00:00no4 Oct
Dubai16:23 → 18:4021:24holds22:10no4 Oct
Delhi17:53 → 20:1021:14holds22:00no4 Oct
Kolkata17:53 → 20:1020:43holds21:30no4 Oct
Singapore20:23 → 22:4022:53holds23:44no4 Oct
Sydney22:23 → 00:4022:56holds23:53holds4 Oct
Suva00:23 → 02:4022:23no23:17holds5 Oct
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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