Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2084

Tuesday 19 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 465 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 Tuesday 19 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:53 moonrise
19:4120:0520:2920:5321:1721:4122:05

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 20 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:40 moonrise
20:2820:5221:1621:4022:0422:2822:52

Absent 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 12:38 on Tue 19 Sep to 13:55 on Wed 20 Sep.

    2084-09-19T04:37:54Z → 2084-09-20T05:54:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:53 on the 19th and 21:40 on the 20th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 19th and is not on the 20th.

    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 27891 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2084: Tuesday 19 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2084 falls on Tuesday 19 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:38 on Tue 19 Sep to 13:55 on Wed 20 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2084/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 19 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 19 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 19 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 19thCoveredMoonrise 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:38 → 22:5522:13holds23:03no19 Sep
Chicago23:38 → 00:5521:41holds22:30no19 Sep
Jersey City00:38 → 01:5521:49holds22:38no19 Sep
Port of Spain00:38 → 01:5522:13holds23:04no19 Sep
London05:38 → 06:5520:56holds21:41no19 Sep
Durban06:38 → 07:5523:13holds00:07no19 Sep
Dubai08:38 → 09:5521:39holds22:28no19 Sep
Delhi10:08 → 11:2521:30holds22:18no19 Sep
Kolkata10:08 → 11:2520:58holds21:47no19 Sep
Singapore12:38 → 13:5523:06holds23:57no19 Sep
Sydney14:38 → 15:5523:05holds00:00no19 Sep
Suva16:38 → 17:5522:34holds23:28no19 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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