Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2078

Monday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 645 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 Sunday 25 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:22 moonrise
19:1019:3419:5820:2220:4621:1021:34

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 26 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:04 moonrise
19:5220:1620:4021:0421:2821:5222:16

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 10:14 on Mon 26 Sep to 07:49 on Tue 27 Sep.

    2078-09-26T02:13:31Z → 2078-09-26T23:49:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:22 on the 25th and 21:04 on the 26th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 25th and is on the 26th.

    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 38726 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2078: Monday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2078 falls on Monday 26 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:14 on Mon 26 Sep to 07:49 on Tue 27 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 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 26thCoveredMoonrise 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:14 → 16:4922:26no23:22no25 Sep
Chicago21:14 → 18:4921:52no22:45no25 Sep
Jersey City22:14 → 19:4922:00no22:54no25 Sep
Port of Spain22:14 → 19:4922:28no23:28no25 Sep
London03:14 → 00:4921:04holds21:49no26 Sep
Durban04:14 → 01:4923:31holds00:38no26 Sep
Dubai06:14 → 03:4921:51holds22:46no26 Sep
Delhi07:44 → 05:1921:41holds22:35no26 Sep
Kolkata07:44 → 05:1921:10holds22:05no26 Sep
Singapore10:14 → 07:4923:18holds00:19no26 Sep
Sydney12:14 → 09:4923:18holds00:28no26 Sep
Suva14:14 → 11:4922:45holds23:50no26 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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