Moonrise of Wednesday 23 September
Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither moonrise; this is the day it falls on.
20:33 moonrise
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 20:36:05
19:2119:4520:0920:3320:5721:2121:45
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2043
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 Wednesday 23 September
Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither moonrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Thursday 24 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:36 on Wed 23 Sep to 18:02 on Thu 24 Sep.
2043-09-23T12:36:06Z → 2043-09-24T10:02:12Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 20:33 on the 23rd and 21:21 on the 24th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 23rd and is not on the 24th.
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 162 s < 300 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2043: Wednesday 23 September.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2043 falls on Wednesday 23 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:36 on Wed 23 Sep to 18:02 on Thu 24 Sep, and is current at moonrise on neither day. It is 2 min 42 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 23 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 23 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 23 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 23rd | Covered | Moonrise 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:36 → 03:02 | 21:55 | holds | 22:51 | no | 23 Sep |
| Chicago | 07:36 → 05:02 | 21:20 | holds | 22:12 | no | 23 Sep |
| Jersey City | 08:36 → 06:02 | 21:29 | holds | 22:21 | no | 23 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 08:36 → 06:02 | 21:59 | holds | 22:59 | no | 23 Sep |
| London | 13:36 → 11:02 | 20:32 | holds | 21:13 | no | 23 Sep |
| Durban | 14:36 → 12:02 | 23:03 | holds | 00:13 | no | 23 Sep |
| Dubai | 16:36 → 14:02 | 21:21 | holds | 22:16 | no | 23 Sep |
| Delhi | 18:06 → 15:32 | 21:11 | holds | 22:05 | no | 23 Sep |
| Kolkata | 18:06 → 15:32 | 20:40 | holds | 21:35 | no | 23 Sep |
| Singapore | 20:36 → 18:02 | 22:49 | holds | 23:51 | no | 23 Sep |
| Sydney | 22:36 → 20:02 | 22:50 | holds | 00:03 | no | 23 Sep |
| Suva | 00:36 → 22:02 | 22:17 | no | 23:23 | no | 23 Sep |