Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2069

Saturday 5 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 612 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 4 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:35 moonrise
19:2319:4720:1120:3520:5921:2321:47

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 5 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:31 moonrise
20:1920:4321:0721:3121:5522:1922:43

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 09:59 on Sat 5 Oct to 07:42 on Sun 6 Oct.

    2069-10-05T01:58:32Z → 2069-10-05T23:42:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:35 on the 4th and 21:31 on the 5th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 4th and is on the 5th.

    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 36699 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2069: Saturday 5 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2069 falls on Saturday 5 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:59 on Sat 5 Oct to 07:42 on Sun 6 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2069/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 Oct
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 5thCoveredMoonrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:59 → 16:4222:55no23:55no4 Oct
Chicago20:59 → 18:4222:29no23:30no4 Oct
Jersey City21:59 → 19:4222:35no23:36no4 Oct
Port of Spain21:59 → 19:4222:39no23:37no4 Oct
London02:59 → 00:4221:52holds22:55no5 Oct
Durban03:59 → 01:4223:19holds00:13no5 Oct
Dubai05:59 → 03:4222:10holds23:08no5 Oct
Delhi07:29 → 05:1222:02holds23:01no5 Oct
Kolkata07:29 → 05:1221:27holds22:25no5 Oct
Singapore09:59 → 07:4223:25holds00:22no5 Oct
Sydney11:59 → 10:4223:07holds01:03no5 Oct
Suva13:59 → 11:4222:44holds23:41no5 Oct
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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