Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2056

Friday 29 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 334 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 Friday 29 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:17 moonrise
20:0520:2920:5321:1721:4122:0522:29

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 30 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:56 moonrise
20:4421:0821:3221:5622:2022:4423:08

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 13:51 on Fri 29 Sep to 16:23 on Sat 30 Sep.

    2056-09-29T05:51:27Z → 2056-09-30T08:22:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:17 on the 29th and 21:56 on the 30th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 29th and is not on the 30th.

    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 20027 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2056: Friday 29 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2056 falls on Friday 29 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:51 on Fri 29 Sep to 16:23 on Sat 30 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 29 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 29 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 29 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 29thCoveredMoonrise 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:51 → 01:2322:29holds23:12no29 Sep
Chicago00:51 → 03:2322:03holds22:45no29 Sep
Jersey City01:51 → 04:2322:10holds22:52no29 Sep
Port of Spain01:51 → 04:2322:18holds23:05no29 Sep
London06:51 → 09:2321:31holds22:07no29 Sep
Durban07:51 → 10:2323:01holds23:54no29 Sep
Dubai09:51 → 12:2321:53holds22:36no29 Sep
Delhi11:21 → 13:5321:46holds22:28no29 Sep
Kolkata11:21 → 13:5321:11holds21:54no29 Sep
Singapore13:51 → 16:2323:09holds23:57no29 Sep
Sydney15:51 → 18:2322:51holds23:45no29 Sep
Suva17:51 → 20:2322:30holds23:20no29 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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