Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1996

Wednesday 2 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 465 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 1 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:57 moonrise
19:4520:0920:3320:5721:2121:4522:09

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 2 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:43 moonrise
20:3120:5521:1921:4322:0722:3122:55

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 04:42 on Wed 2 Oct to 05:34 on Thu 3 Oct.

    1996-10-01T20:42:12Z → 1996-10-02T21:34:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:57 on the 1st and 21:43 on the 2nd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 1st and is on the 2nd.

    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 27912 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1996: Wednesday 2 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1996 falls on Wednesday 2 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:42 on Wed 2 Oct to 05:34 on Thu 3 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 1stCoveredMoonrise 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:42 → 14:3422:11holds22:59no1 Oct
Chicago15:42 → 16:3421:48holds22:35no1 Oct
Jersey City16:42 → 17:3421:55holds22:42no1 Oct
Port of Spain16:42 → 17:3421:53holds22:43no1 Oct
London21:42 → 22:3421:20no22:04holds2 Oct
Durban22:42 → 23:3422:27no23:19holds2 Oct
Dubai00:42 → 01:3421:30no22:18holds2 Oct
Delhi02:12 → 03:0421:23no22:11holds2 Oct
Kolkata02:12 → 03:0420:47no21:35holds2 Oct
Singapore04:42 → 05:3422:41no23:31holds2 Oct
Sydney06:42 → 07:3422:15no23:09holds2 Oct
Suva08:42 → 09:3421:57no22:50holds2 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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