Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2022

Thursday 15 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 412 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 Thursday 15 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

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

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 16 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:42 moonrise
20:3020:5421:1821:4222:0622:3022:54

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 13:31 on Thu 15 Sep to 14:50 on Fri 16 Sep.

    2022-09-15T05:31:00Z → 2022-09-16T06:49:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:08 on the 15th and 21:42 on the 16th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 15th and is not on the 16th.

    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 24742 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2022: Thursday 15 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2022 falls on Thursday 15 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:31 on Thu 15 Sep to 14:50 on Fri 16 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 15thCoveredMoonrise 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:31 → 23:5022:18holds22:58no15 Sep
Chicago00:31 → 01:5021:50holds22:26no15 Sep
Jersey City01:31 → 02:5021:58holds22:34no15 Sep
Port of Spain01:31 → 02:5022:13holds22:59no15 Sep
London06:31 → 07:5021:16holds21:42no15 Sep
Durban07:31 → 08:5023:03holds00:01no15 Sep
Dubai09:31 → 10:5021:45holds22:26no15 Sep
Delhi11:01 → 12:2021:38holds22:18no15 Sep
Kolkata11:01 → 12:2021:04holds21:46no15 Sep
Singapore13:31 → 14:5023:05holds23:54no15 Sep
Sydney15:31 → 16:5022:51holds23:52no15 Sep
Suva17:31 → 18:5022:27holds23:22no15 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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