Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2007

Monday 1 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 587 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 Monday 1 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:48 moonrise
19:3620:0020:2420:4821:1221:3622:00

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 2 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:46 moonrise
20:3420:5821:2221:4622:1022:3422:58

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 11:01 on Mon 1 Oct to 08:36 on Tue 2 Oct.

    2007-10-01T03:00:40Z → 2007-10-02T00:35:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:48 on the 1st and 21:46 on the 2nd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 1st and is not 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 35211 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2007: Monday 1 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2007 falls on Monday 1 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:01 on Mon 1 Oct to 08:36 on Tue 2 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 1 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 1 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 1 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 Angeles20:01 → 17:3622:18no23:21no30 Sep
Chicago22:01 → 19:3621:40no22:43no30 Sep
Jersey City23:01 → 20:3621:48no22:51no30 Sep
Port of Spain23:01 → 20:3622:25no23:27no30 Sep
London04:01 → 01:3620:41holds21:41no1 Oct
Durban05:01 → 02:3623:38holds00:39no1 Oct
Dubai07:01 → 04:3621:42holds22:43no1 Oct
Delhi08:31 → 06:0621:31holds22:31no1 Oct
Kolkata08:31 → 06:0621:01holds22:02no1 Oct
Singapore11:01 → 08:3623:16holds00:18no1 Oct
Sydney13:01 → 10:3623:28holds00:32no1 Oct
Suva15:01 → 12:3622:49holds23:53no1 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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