Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2063

Thursday 13 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 416 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 Thursday 13 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:49 moonrise
19:3720:0120:2520:4921:1321:3722:01

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 14 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:29 moonrise
20:1720:4121:0521:2921:5322:1722:41

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 13:53 on Thu 13 Sep to 14:17 on Fri 14 Sep.

    2063-09-13T05:52:31Z → 2063-09-14T06:17:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:49 on the 13th and 21:29 on the 14th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 13th and is not on the 14th.

    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 24971 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2063: Thursday 13 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2063 falls on Thursday 13 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:53 on Thu 13 Sep to 14:17 on Fri 14 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2063/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 13 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 13thCoveredMoonrise 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:53 → 23:1722:05holds22:53no13 Sep
Chicago00:53 → 01:1721:32holds22:17no13 Sep
Jersey City01:53 → 02:1721:41holds22:25no13 Sep
Port of Spain01:53 → 02:1722:07holds23:00no13 Sep
London06:53 → 07:1720:48holds21:23no13 Sep
Durban07:53 → 08:1723:09holds00:11no13 Sep
Dubai09:53 → 10:1721:33holds22:21no13 Sep
Delhi11:23 → 11:4721:24holds22:10no13 Sep
Kolkata11:23 → 11:4720:52holds21:40no13 Sep
Singapore13:53 → 14:1723:00holds23:54no13 Sep
Sydney15:53 → 16:1722:58holds00:02no13 Sep
Suva17:53 → 18:1722:28holds23:26no13 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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