Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2095

Sunday 18 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 298 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 18 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:14 moonrise
20:0220:2620:5021:1421:3822:0222:26

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 19 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:55 moonrise
20:4321:0721:3121:5522:1922:4323:07

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 16:16 on Sun 18 Sep to 14:11 on Mon 19 Sep.

    2095-09-18T08:16:14Z → 2095-09-19T06:10:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:14 on the 18th and 21:55 on the 19th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 18th and is not on the 19th.

    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 17872 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2095: Sunday 18 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2095 falls on Sunday 18 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:16 on Sun 18 Sep to 14:11 on Mon 19 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 18 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 18 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 18 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 18thCoveredMoonrise 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:16 → 23:1122:27holds23:15no18 Sep
Chicago03:16 → 01:1122:01holds22:44no18 Sep
Jersey City04:16 → 02:1122:08holds22:52no18 Sep
Port of Spain04:16 → 02:1122:17holds23:11no18 Sep
London09:16 → 07:1121:29holds22:02no18 Sep
Durban10:16 → 08:1123:00holds00:06no18 Sep
Dubai12:16 → 10:1121:50holds22:38no18 Sep
Delhi13:46 → 11:4121:43holds22:29no18 Sep
Kolkata13:46 → 11:4121:07holds21:56no18 Sep
Singapore16:16 → 14:1123:05holds00:01no18 Sep
Sydney18:16 → 16:1122:45holds23:54no18 Sep
Suva20:16 → 18:1122:23holds23:25no18 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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