Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2048

Sunday 27 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 171 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 27 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:54 moonrise
19:4220:0620:3020:5421:1821:4222:06

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 28 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:41 moonrise
20:2920:5321:1721:4122:0522:2922:53

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 16:26 on Sun 27 Sep to 18:50 on Mon 28 Sep.

    2048-09-27T08:25:46Z → 2048-09-28T10:50:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:54 on the 27th and 21:41 on the 28th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 27th and is not on the 28th.

    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 10260 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2048: Sunday 27 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2048 falls on Sunday 27 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:26 on Sun 27 Sep to 18:50 on Mon 28 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 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 27thCoveredMoonrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:26 → 03:5022:13holds23:03no27 Sep
Chicago03:26 → 05:5021:43holds22:33no27 Sep
Jersey City04:26 → 06:5021:51holds22:40no27 Sep
Port of Spain04:26 → 06:5022:08holds22:58no27 Sep
London09:26 → 11:5021:01holds21:50no27 Sep
Durban10:26 → 12:5023:03holds23:53no27 Sep
Dubai12:26 → 14:5021:37holds22:26no27 Sep
Delhi13:56 → 16:2021:28holds22:17no27 Sep
Kolkata13:56 → 16:2020:56holds21:44no27 Sep
Singapore16:26 → 18:5023:01holds23:50no27 Sep
Sydney18:26 → 20:5022:55holds23:46no27 Sep
Suva20:26 → 22:5022:27holds23:17no27 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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