Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2096

Saturday 6 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 139 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 6 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:46 moonrise
19:3419:5820:2220:4621:1021:3421:58

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 7 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:39 moonrise
20:2720:5121:1521:3922:0322:2722:51

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 18:27 on Sat 6 Oct to 16:02 on Sun 7 Oct.

    2096-10-06T10:26:43Z → 2096-10-07T08:02:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:46 on the 6th and 21:39 on the 7th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 6th and is not 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 8355 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2096: Saturday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2096 falls on Saturday 6 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:27 on Sat 6 Oct to 16:02 on Sun 7 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 Oct
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 6thCoveredMoonrise 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:27 → 01:0222:10holds23:09no6 Oct
Chicago05:27 → 03:0221:36holds22:33no6 Oct
Jersey City06:27 → 04:0221:44holds22:41no6 Oct
Port of Spain06:27 → 04:0222:12holds23:13no6 Oct
London11:27 → 09:0220:47holds21:37no6 Oct
Durban12:27 → 10:0223:15holds00:21no6 Oct
Dubai14:27 → 12:0221:34holds22:32no6 Oct
Delhi15:57 → 13:3221:24holds22:21no6 Oct
Kolkata15:57 → 13:3220:53holds21:50no6 Oct
Singapore18:27 → 16:0223:02holds00:03no6 Oct
Sydney20:27 → 19:0223:03holds01:11no6 Oct
Suva22:27 → 20:0222:29holds23:34no6 Oct
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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