Moonrise of Friday 30 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1988
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 436 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Friday 30 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Moonrise of Saturday 1 October
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:24 on Fri 30 Sep to 12:36 on Sat 1 Oct.
1988-09-30T05:24:20Z → 1988-10-01T04:36:24Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 20:41 on the 30th and 21:33 on the 1st.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 30th and is not on the 1st.
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 26175 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1988: Friday 30 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1988 falls on Friday 30 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:24 on Fri 30 Sep to 12:36 on Sat 1 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 30 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 30 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 30 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 30th | Covered | Moonrise 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:24 → 21:36 | 22:06 | no | 23:03 | no | 29 Sep |
| Chicago | 00:24 → 23:36 | 21:29 | holds | 22:25 | no | 30 Sep |
| Jersey City | 01:24 → 00:36 | 21:38 | holds | 22:33 | no | 30 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 01:24 → 00:36 | 22:15 | holds | 23:11 | no | 30 Sep |
| London | 06:24 → 05:36 | 20:32 | holds | 21:24 | no | 30 Sep |
| Durban | 07:24 → 06:36 | 23:28 | holds | 00:27 | no | 30 Sep |
| Dubai | 09:24 → 08:36 | 21:34 | holds | 22:29 | no | 30 Sep |
| Delhi | 10:54 → 10:06 | 21:23 | holds | 22:17 | no | 30 Sep |
| Kolkata | 10:54 → 10:06 | 20:53 | holds | 21:49 | no | 30 Sep |
| Singapore | 13:24 → 12:36 | 23:08 | holds | 00:05 | no | 30 Sep |
| Sydney | 15:24 → 14:36 | 23:19 | holds | 00:21 | no | 30 Sep |
| Suva | 17:24 → 16:36 | 22:41 | holds | 23:41 | no | 30 Sep |