Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2042

Saturday 4 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 184 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 Friday 3 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:20 moonrise
19:0819:3219:5620:2020:4421:0821:32

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 4 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:09 moonrise
19:5720:2120:4521:0921:3321:5722:21

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 02:10 on Sat 4 Oct to 00:13 on Sun 5 Oct.

    2042-10-03T18:10:24Z → 2042-10-04T16:13:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:20 on the 3rd and 21:09 on the 4th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 3rd and is on the 4th.

    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 11039 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2042: Saturday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2042 falls on Saturday 4 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:10 on Sat 4 Oct to 00:13 on Sun 5 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 4 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 3rdCoveredMoonrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:10 → 09:1321:43holds22:39no3 Oct
Chicago13:10 → 11:1321:07holds22:01no3 Oct
Jersey City14:10 → 12:1321:16holds22:09no3 Oct
Port of Spain14:10 → 12:1321:48holds22:47no3 Oct
London19:10 → 17:1320:17holds21:01no3 Oct
Durban20:10 → 18:1322:55holds00:02no3 Oct
Dubai22:10 → 20:1321:09no22:05no3 Oct
Delhi23:40 → 21:4320:59no21:53no3 Oct
Kolkata23:40 → 21:4320:28no21:24holds4 Oct
Singapore02:10 → 00:1322:39no23:40holds4 Oct
Sydney04:10 → 03:1322:43no23:53holds4 Oct
Suva06:10 → 04:1322:08no23:13holds4 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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