Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2097

Thursday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 361 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 Thursday 26 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:52 moonrise
19:4020:0420:2820:5221:1621:4022:04

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 27 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 14:51 on Thu 26 Sep to 12:53 on Fri 27 Sep.

    2097-09-26T06:50:46Z → 2097-09-27T04:52:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:52 on the 26th and 21:40 on the 27th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 26th and is not on the 27th.

    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 21653 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2097: Thursday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2097 falls on Thursday 26 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:51 on Thu 26 Sep to 12:53 on Fri 27 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2097/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 Angeles23:51 → 21:5322:13no23:09no25 Sep
Chicago01:51 → 23:5321:39holds22:32no26 Sep
Jersey City02:51 → 00:5321:47holds22:40no26 Sep
Port of Spain02:51 → 00:5322:15holds23:15no26 Sep
London07:51 → 05:5320:51holds21:34no26 Sep
Durban08:51 → 06:5323:19holds00:26no26 Sep
Dubai10:51 → 08:5321:38holds22:33no26 Sep
Delhi12:21 → 10:2321:29holds22:22no26 Sep
Kolkata12:21 → 10:2320:57holds21:52no26 Sep
Singapore14:51 → 12:5323:06holds00:06no26 Sep
Sydney16:51 → 14:5323:06holds00:16no26 Sep
Suva18:51 → 16:5322:33holds23:38no26 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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