Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2034

Monday 2 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 92 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 2 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:16 moonrise
20:0420:2820:5221:1621:4022:0422:28

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 3 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:10 moonrise
20:5821:2221:4622:1022:3422:5823:22

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 19:44 on Mon 2 Oct to 17:09 on Tue 3 Oct.

    2034-10-02T11:44:03Z → 2034-10-03T09:09:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:16 on the 2nd and 22:10 on the 3rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 2nd and is not on the 3rd.

    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 5547 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2034: Monday 2 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2034 falls on Monday 2 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:44 on Mon 2 Oct to 17:09 on Tue 3 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 2 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 2 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 2 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 2ndCoveredMoonrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:44 → 02:0922:36holds23:32no2 Oct
Chicago06:44 → 04:0922:12holds23:08no2 Oct
Jersey City07:44 → 05:0922:18holds23:14no2 Oct
Port of Spain07:44 → 05:0922:17holds23:15no2 Oct
London12:44 → 10:0921:41holds22:34no2 Oct
Durban13:44 → 11:0922:50holds23:50no2 Oct
Dubai15:44 → 13:0921:51holds22:47no2 Oct
Delhi17:14 → 14:3921:44holds22:40no2 Oct
Kolkata17:14 → 14:3921:07holds22:04no2 Oct
Singapore19:44 → 17:0923:02holds00:00no2 Oct
Sydney22:44 → 20:0923:35holds00:38no2 Oct
Suva23:44 → 21:0922:16no23:17no2 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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