Moonrise of Monday 18 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
21:11 moonrise
19:5920:2320:4721:1121:3521:5922:23
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2000
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 134 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Monday 18 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Tuesday 19 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:31 on Tue 19 Sep to 00:05 on Wed 20 Sep.
2000-09-18T17:30:38Z → 2000-09-19T16:05:14Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 21:11 on the 18th and 21:51 on the 19th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 18th and is on the 19th.
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 8067 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2000: Tuesday 19 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2000 falls on Tuesday 19 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:31 on Tue 19 Sep to 00:05 on Wed 20 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 19 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 19 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 19 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 18th | Covered | Moonrise 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:31 → 09:05 | 22:20 | holds | 23:06 | no | 18 Sep |
| Chicago | 12:31 → 11:05 | 21:59 | holds | 22:41 | no | 18 Sep |
| Jersey City | 13:31 → 12:05 | 22:06 | holds | 22:48 | no | 18 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 13:31 → 12:05 | 22:01 | holds | 22:53 | no | 18 Sep |
| London | 18:31 → 17:05 | 21:35 | holds | 22:09 | no | 18 Sep |
| Durban | 19:31 → 18:05 | 22:29 | holds | 23:32 | no | 18 Sep |
| Dubai | 21:31 → 20:05 | 21:39 | holds | 22:26 | no | 18 Sep |
| Delhi | 23:01 → 21:35 | 21:34 | no | 22:19 | no | 18 Sep |
| Kolkata | 23:01 → 21:35 | 20:56 | no | 21:43 | no | 18 Sep |
| Singapore | 01:31 → 00:05 | 22:47 | no | 23:40 | holds | 19 Sep |
| Sydney | 04:31 → 03:05 | 23:13 | no | 00:18 | holds | 19 Sep |
| Suva | 05:31 → 04:05 | 21:59 | no | 22:57 | holds | 19 Sep |