Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2032

Friday 24 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 407 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 23 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:52 moonrise
19:4020:0420:2820:5221:1621:4022:04

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 24 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:40 moonrise
20:2820:5221:1621:4022:0422:2822:52

Holds 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 04:55 on Fri 24 Sep to 04:27 on Sat 25 Sep.

    2032-09-23T20:54:54Z → 2032-09-24T20:26:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:52 on the 23rd and 21:40 on the 24th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 23rd and is on the 24th.

    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 24433 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2032: Friday 24 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2032 falls on Friday 24 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:55 on Fri 24 Sep to 04:27 on Sat 25 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 23rdCoveredMoonrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:55 → 13:2722:08holds22:58no23 Sep
Chicago15:55 → 15:2721:44holds22:33no23 Sep
Jersey City16:55 → 16:2721:50holds22:40no23 Sep
Port of Spain16:55 → 16:2721:51holds22:43no23 Sep
London21:55 → 21:2721:13no22:00no23 Sep
Durban22:55 → 22:2722:26no23:22no23 Sep
Dubai00:55 → 00:2721:25no22:16holds24 Sep
Delhi02:25 → 01:5721:19no22:09holds24 Sep
Kolkata02:25 → 01:5720:43no21:34holds24 Sep
Singapore04:55 → 04:2722:37no23:31holds24 Sep
Sydney06:55 → 06:2722:13no23:11holds24 Sep
Suva08:55 → 08:2721:53no22:50holds24 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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