Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2050

Wednesday 5 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 530 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 Wednesday 5 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:21 moonrise
20:0920:3320:5721:2121:4522:0922:33

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 6 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:15 moonrise
21:0321:2721:5122:1522:3923:0323:27

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 12:30 on Wed 5 Oct to 11:56 on Thu 6 Oct.

    2050-10-05T04:30:27Z → 2050-10-06T03:55:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:21 on the 5th and 22:15 on the 6th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 5th and is not on the 6th.

    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 31810 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2050: Wednesday 5 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2050 falls on Wednesday 5 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:30 on Wed 5 Oct to 11:56 on Thu 6 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2050/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 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 5thCoveredMoonrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:30 → 20:5622:42no23:38no4 Oct
Chicago23:30 → 22:5622:16holds23:12no5 Oct
Jersey City00:30 → 23:5622:23holds23:19no5 Oct
Port of Spain00:30 → 23:5622:29holds23:22no5 Oct
London05:30 → 04:5621:39holds22:36no5 Oct
Durban06:30 → 05:5623:10holds00:02no5 Oct
Dubai08:30 → 07:5622:00holds22:54no5 Oct
Delhi10:00 → 09:2621:52holds22:46no5 Oct
Kolkata10:00 → 09:2621:17holds22:11no5 Oct
Singapore12:30 → 11:5623:16holds00:10no5 Oct
Sydney15:30 → 14:5600:00holds00:53no5 Oct
Suva16:30 → 15:5622:37holds23:30no5 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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