Moonrise of Saturday 13 September
Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither moonrise; this is the day it falls on.
21:15 moonrise
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 21:30:58
20:0320:2720:5121:1521:3922:0322:27
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2014
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches moonrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Saturday 13 September
Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither moonrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Sunday 14 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:31 on Sat 13 Sep to 21:10 on Sun 14 Sep.
2014-09-13T13:30:59Z → 2014-09-14T13:09:48Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 21:15 on the 13th and 22:00 on the 14th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 13th and is not on the 14th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither moonrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 943 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2014: Saturday 13 September.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2014 falls on Saturday 13 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:31 on Sat 13 Sep to 21:10 on Sun 14 Sep, and is current at moonrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 13 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 13 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 13 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 13th | Covered | Moonrise 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:31 → 06:10 | 22:28 | holds | 23:15 | no | 13 Sep |
| Chicago | 08:31 → 08:10 | 22:06 | holds | 22:51 | no | 13 Sep |
| Jersey City | 09:31 → 09:10 | 22:13 | holds | 22:58 | no | 13 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 09:31 → 09:10 | 22:08 | holds | 22:58 | no | 13 Sep |
| London | 14:31 → 14:10 | 21:40 | holds | 22:21 | no | 13 Sep |
| Durban | 15:31 → 15:10 | 22:37 | holds | 23:33 | no | 13 Sep |
| Dubai | 17:31 → 17:10 | 21:46 | holds | 22:33 | no | 13 Sep |
| Delhi | 19:01 → 18:40 | 21:40 | holds | 22:27 | no | 13 Sep |
| Kolkata | 19:01 → 18:40 | 21:02 | holds | 21:51 | no | 13 Sep |
| Singapore | 21:31 → 21:10 | 22:54 | holds | 23:46 | no | 13 Sep |
| Sydney | 23:31 → 23:10 | 22:23 | no | 23:22 | no | 13 Sep |
| Suva | 01:31 → 01:10 | 22:07 | no | 23:03 | holds | 14 Sep |