Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2059

Friday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 649 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 26 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:06 moonrise
19:5420:1820:4221:0621:3021:5422:18

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 27 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:51 moonrise
20:3921:0321:2721:5122:1522:3923:03

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 10:17 on Fri 26 Sep to 09:09 on Sat 27 Sep.

    2059-09-26T02:17:04Z → 2059-09-27T01:08:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:06 on the 26th and 21:51 on the 27th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 26th and is not on the 27th.

    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 38914 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2059: Friday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2059 falls on Friday 26 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:17 on Fri 26 Sep to 09:09 on Sat 27 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2059/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 26thCoveredMoonrise 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:17 → 18:0922:24no23:15no25 Sep
Chicago21:17 → 20:0921:52no22:40no25 Sep
Jersey City22:17 → 21:0922:00no22:48no25 Sep
Port of Spain22:17 → 21:0922:25no23:20no25 Sep
London03:17 → 02:0921:08holds21:47no26 Sep
Durban04:17 → 03:0923:26holds00:28no26 Sep
Dubai06:17 → 05:0921:50holds22:41no26 Sep
Delhi07:47 → 06:3921:41holds22:31no26 Sep
Kolkata07:47 → 06:3921:09holds22:00no26 Sep
Singapore10:17 → 09:0923:17holds00:13no26 Sep
Sydney12:17 → 11:0923:14holds00:19no26 Sep
Suva14:17 → 13:0922:43holds23:44no26 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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