Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2082

Sunday 13 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 189 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 Saturday 12 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:34 moonrise
19:2219:4620:1020:3420:5821:2221:46

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 13 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:09 moonrise
19:5720:2120:4521:0921:3321:5722:21

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 23:43 on Sat 12 Sep to 01:57 on Mon 14 Sep.

    2082-09-12T15:42:56Z → 2082-09-13T17:56:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:34 on the 12th and 21:09 on the 13th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 12th and is on the 13th.

    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 11311 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2082: Sunday 13 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2082 falls on Sunday 13 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 23:43 on Sat 12 Sep to 01:57 on Mon 14 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2082/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 13 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 12thCoveredMoonrise 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:43 → 10:5721:46holds22:27no12 Sep
Chicago10:43 → 12:5721:16holds21:53no12 Sep
Jersey City11:43 → 13:5721:24holds22:02no12 Sep
Port of Spain11:43 → 13:5721:45holds22:32no12 Sep
London16:43 → 18:5720:37holds21:05no12 Sep
Durban17:43 → 19:5722:43holds23:40no12 Sep
Dubai19:43 → 21:5721:15holds21:57no12 Sep
Delhi21:13 → 23:2721:07no21:47holds13 Sep
Kolkata21:13 → 23:2720:35no21:17holds13 Sep
Singapore23:43 → 01:5722:40no23:28holds13 Sep
Sydney01:43 → 03:5722:33no23:32holds13 Sep
Suva03:43 → 05:5722:05no22:58holds13 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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