Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2073

Friday 22 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 455 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 21 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:08 moonrise
19:5620:2020:4421:0821:3221:5622:20

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 22 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 04:43 on Fri 22 Sep to 06:38 on Sat 23 Sep.

    2073-09-21T20:42:33Z → 2073-09-22T22:38:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:08 on the 21st and 21:45 on the 22nd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 21st and is on the 22nd.

    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 27281 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2073: Friday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2073 falls on Friday 22 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:43 on Fri 22 Sep to 06:38 on Sat 23 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2073/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 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 21stCoveredMoonrise 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:43 → 15:3822:15holds22:56no21 Sep
Chicago15:43 → 17:3821:55holds22:33no21 Sep
Jersey City16:43 → 18:3822:01holds22:40no21 Sep
Port of Spain16:43 → 18:3821:54holds22:39no21 Sep
London21:43 → 23:3821:33no22:05holds22 Sep
Durban22:43 → 00:3822:21no23:14holds22 Sep
Dubai00:43 → 02:3821:35no22:16holds22 Sep
Delhi02:13 → 04:0821:30no22:10holds22 Sep
Kolkata02:13 → 04:0820:52no21:34holds22 Sep
Singapore04:43 → 06:3822:42no23:28holds22 Sep
Sydney06:43 → 08:3822:09no23:03holds22 Sep
Suva08:43 → 10:3821:55no22:45holds22 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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