Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2045

Sunday 1 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 207 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 Sunday 1 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:35 moonrise
19:2319:4720:1120:3520:5921:2321:47

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 2 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:29 moonrise
20:1720:4121:0521:2921:5322:1722:41

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 17:07 on Sun 1 Oct to 16:25 on Mon 2 Oct.

    2045-10-01T09:07:26Z → 2045-10-02T08:24:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:35 on the 1st and 21:29 on the 2nd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 1st and is not on the 2nd.

    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 12428 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2045: Sunday 1 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2045 falls on Sunday 1 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 17:07 on Sun 1 Oct to 16:25 on Mon 2 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2045/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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 1stCoveredMoonrise 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:07 → 01:2522:01holds23:02no1 Oct
Chicago04:07 → 03:2521:24holds22:25no1 Oct
Jersey City05:07 → 04:2521:33holds22:33no1 Oct
Port of Spain05:07 → 04:2522:07holds23:06no1 Oct
London10:07 → 09:2520:29holds21:25no1 Oct
Durban11:07 → 10:2523:17holds00:17no1 Oct
Dubai13:07 → 12:2521:27holds22:24no1 Oct
Delhi14:37 → 13:5521:16holds22:13no1 Oct
Kolkata14:37 → 13:5520:46holds21:43no1 Oct
Singapore17:07 → 16:2522:59holds23:58no1 Oct
Sydney20:07 → 19:2500:08holds01:10no1 Oct
Suva21:07 → 20:2522:32holds23:31no1 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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