Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2098

Tuesday 16 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 602 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 Monday 15 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:31 moonrise
19:1919:4320:0720:3120:5521:1921:43

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 16 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:05 moonrise
19:5320:1720:4121:0521:2921:5322:17

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 07:24 on Tue 16 Sep to 07:07 on Wed 17 Sep.

    2098-09-15T23:24:28Z → 2098-09-16T23:06:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:31 on the 15th and 21:05 on the 16th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 15th and is on the 16th.

    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 36111 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2098: Tuesday 16 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2098 falls on Tuesday 16 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:24 on Tue 16 Sep to 07:07 on Wed 17 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2098/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredMoonrise 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:24 → 16:0721:40holds22:22no15 Sep
Chicago18:24 → 18:0721:13holds21:49no15 Sep
Jersey City19:24 → 19:0721:21holds21:58no15 Sep
Port of Spain19:24 → 19:0721:35holds22:25no15 Sep
London00:24 → 00:0720:40no21:04holds16 Sep
Durban01:24 → 01:0722:24no23:28holds16 Sep
Dubai03:24 → 03:0721:07no21:50holds16 Sep
Delhi04:54 → 04:3721:00no21:41holds16 Sep
Kolkata04:54 → 04:3720:26no21:09holds16 Sep
Singapore07:24 → 07:0722:27no23:18holds16 Sep
Sydney09:24 → 09:0722:11no23:17holds16 Sep
Suva11:24 → 11:0721:48no22:45holds16 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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