Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1992

Thursday 17 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 247 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 Thursday 17 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:54 moonrise
19:4220:0620:3020:5421:1821:4222:06

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 18 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:42 moonrise
20:3020:5421:1821:4222:0622:3022:54

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 16:48 on Thu 17 Sep to 16:51 on Fri 18 Sep.

    1992-09-17T08:47:40Z → 1992-09-18T08:51:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:54 on the 17th and 21:42 on the 18th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 17th and is not on the 18th.

    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 14804 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1992: Thursday 17 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1992 falls on Thursday 17 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:48 on Thu 17 Sep to 16:51 on Fri 18 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 17 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 17thCoveredMoonrise 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:48 → 01:5122:13holds23:07no17 Sep
Chicago03:48 → 03:5121:44holds22:36no17 Sep
Jersey City04:48 → 04:5121:51holds22:43no17 Sep
Port of Spain04:48 → 04:5122:07holds23:02no17 Sep
London09:48 → 09:5121:04holds21:50no17 Sep
Durban10:48 → 10:5123:00holds23:58no17 Sep
Dubai12:48 → 12:5121:36holds22:28no17 Sep
Delhi14:18 → 14:2121:28holds22:19no17 Sep
Kolkata14:18 → 14:2120:54holds21:46no17 Sep
Singapore16:48 → 16:5122:58holds23:52no17 Sep
Sydney18:48 → 18:5122:49holds23:48no17 Sep
Suva20:48 → 20:5122:22holds23:18no17 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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