Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2070

Thursday 25 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 343 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 Wednesday 24 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:54 moonrise
19:4220:0620:3020:5421:1821:4222:06

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 25 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:45 moonrise
20:3320:5721:2121:4522:0922:3322:57

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 05:49 on Thu 25 Sep to 03:28 on Fri 26 Sep.

    2070-09-24T21:49:25Z → 2070-09-25T19:28:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:54 on the 24th and 21:45 on the 25th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 24th and is on the 25th.

    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 20603 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2070: Thursday 25 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2070 falls on Thursday 25 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:49 on Thu 25 Sep to 03:28 on Fri 26 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2070/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 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 24thCoveredMoonrise 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:49 → 12:2822:11holds23:06no24 Sep
Chicago16:49 → 14:2821:48holds22:41no24 Sep
Jersey City17:49 → 15:2821:54holds22:47no24 Sep
Port of Spain17:49 → 15:2821:52holds22:49no24 Sep
London22:49 → 20:2821:19no22:08no24 Sep
Durban23:49 → 21:2822:22no23:24no24 Sep
Dubai01:49 → 23:2821:26no22:21holds25 Sep
Delhi03:19 → 00:5821:20no22:14holds25 Sep
Kolkata03:19 → 00:5820:43no21:38holds25 Sep
Singapore05:49 → 03:2822:36no23:33holds25 Sep
Sydney07:49 → 05:2822:07no23:11holds25 Sep
Suva09:49 → 07:2821:50no22:50holds25 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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