Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2077

Tuesday 7 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 529 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 Monday 6 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:01 moonrise
19:4920:1320:3721:0121:2521:4922:13

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 7 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:35 moonrise
20:2320:4721:1121:3521:5922:2322:47

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 08:26 on Tue 7 Sep to 06:23 on Wed 8 Sep.

    2077-09-07T00:25:31Z → 2077-09-07T22:23:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:01 on the 6th and 21:35 on the 7th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 6th and is on the 7th.

    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 31718 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2077: Tuesday 7 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2077 falls on Tuesday 7 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:26 on Tue 7 Sep to 06:23 on Wed 8 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2077/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 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 7thCoveredMoonrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:26 → 15:2322:45no23:29no6 Sep
Chicago19:26 → 17:2322:20no22:59no6 Sep
Jersey City20:26 → 18:2322:27no23:07no6 Sep
Port of Spain20:26 → 18:2322:34no23:26no6 Sep
London01:26 → 23:2321:50holds22:19no7 Sep
Durban02:26 → 00:2323:14holds00:20no7 Sep
Dubai04:26 → 02:2322:08holds22:54no7 Sep
Delhi05:56 → 03:5322:02holds22:46no7 Sep
Kolkata05:56 → 03:5321:26holds22:12no7 Sep
Singapore08:26 → 06:2323:22holds00:16no7 Sep
Sydney10:26 → 08:2322:59holds00:07no7 Sep
Suva12:26 → 10:2322:39holds23:40no7 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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