Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2067

Wednesday 28 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 143 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 Tuesday 27 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:44 moonrise
19:3219:5620:2020:4421:0821:3221:56

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 28 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:34 moonrise
20:2220:4621:1021:3421:5822:2222:46

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 23:31 on Tue 27 Sep to 23:57 on Wed 28 Sep.

    2067-09-27T15:30:38Z → 2067-09-28T15:56:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:44 on the 27th and 21:34 on the 28th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 27th and is on the 28th.

    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 8573 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2067: Wednesday 28 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2067 falls on Wednesday 28 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 23:31 on Tue 27 Sep to 23:57 on Wed 28 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2067/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 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 27thCoveredMoonrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:31 → 08:5722:04holds22:56no27 Sep
Chicago10:31 → 10:5721:35holds22:27no27 Sep
Jersey City11:31 → 11:5721:42holds22:34no27 Sep
Port of Spain11:31 → 11:5721:57holds22:49no27 Sep
London16:31 → 16:5720:55holds21:45no27 Sep
Durban17:31 → 17:5722:48holds23:42no27 Sep
Dubai19:31 → 19:5721:26holds22:17no27 Sep
Delhi21:01 → 21:2721:17holds22:09no27 Sep
Kolkata21:01 → 21:2720:44no21:36no27 Sep
Singapore23:31 → 23:5722:47no23:40holds28 Sep
Sydney01:31 → 01:5722:37no23:33holds28 Sep
Suva03:31 → 03:5722:11no23:06holds28 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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