Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2013

Tuesday 24 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 87 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 24 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:08 moonrise
19:5620:2020:4421:0821:3221:5622:20

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 25 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:54 moonrise
20:4221:0621:3021:5422:1822:4223:06

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 18:36 on Tue 24 Sep to 20:26 on Wed 25 Sep.

    2013-09-24T10:35:37Z → 2013-09-25T12:26:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:08 on the 24th and 21:54 on the 25th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 24th and is not on the 25th.

    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 5225 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2013: Tuesday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2013 falls on Tuesday 24 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:36 on Tue 24 Sep to 20:26 on Wed 25 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 24thCoveredMoonrise 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:36 → 05:2622:23holds23:11no24 Sep
Chicago05:36 → 07:2621:58holds22:45no24 Sep
Jersey City06:36 → 08:2622:05holds22:52no24 Sep
Port of Spain06:36 → 08:2622:09holds22:57no24 Sep
London11:36 → 13:2621:26holds22:11no24 Sep
Durban12:36 → 14:2622:49holds23:40no24 Sep
Dubai14:36 → 16:2621:44holds22:31no24 Sep
Delhi16:06 → 17:5621:37holds22:24no24 Sep
Kolkata16:06 → 17:5621:02holds21:49no24 Sep
Singapore18:36 → 20:2622:59holds23:48no24 Sep
Sydney20:36 → 22:2622:39holds23:31no24 Sep
Suva22:36 → 00:2622:18no23:09holds25 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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