Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2051

Monday 25 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 107 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 24 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:00 moonrise
19:4820:1220:3621:0021:2421:4822:12

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 25 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:52 moonrise
20:4021:0421:2821:5222:1622:4023:04

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 01:52 on Mon 25 Sep to 23:38 on Mon 25 Sep.

    2051-09-24T17:52:25Z → 2051-09-25T15:38:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:00 on the 24th and 21:52 on the 25th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 24th and is on the 25th.

    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 6405 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2051: Monday 25 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2051 falls on Monday 25 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:52 on Mon 25 Sep to 23:38 on Mon 25 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2051/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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 24thCoveredMoonrise 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:52 → 08:3822:18holds23:13no24 Sep
Chicago12:52 → 10:3821:54holds22:48no24 Sep
Jersey City13:52 → 11:3822:00holds22:54no24 Sep
Port of Spain13:52 → 11:3822:00holds22:57no24 Sep
London18:52 → 16:3821:23holds22:14no24 Sep
Durban19:52 → 17:3822:33holds23:34no24 Sep
Dubai21:52 → 19:3821:34no22:29no24 Sep
Delhi23:22 → 21:0821:27no22:21no24 Sep
Kolkata23:22 → 21:0820:50no21:45no24 Sep
Singapore01:52 → 23:3822:45no23:42no24 Sep
Sydney03:52 → 01:3822:18no23:21holds25 Sep
Suva05:52 → 03:3821:59no23:00holds25 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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